#Echo and Rex

[the-bi-space-ace]

I can’t get over how much Echo and Rex love each other. The bond between them. The way they keep pulling back to one another as if their stories are intertwined, orbiting each other. How much belief and loyalty and trust is between them. It warms my heart to think of how much their bond means to them. How Rex went back for Echo, how he felt it in his bones that Echo was alive. How Echo didn’t blame Rex for leaving him behind at The Citadel.

When Echo needed him Rex wouldn’t give up, even when no one else believed Echo was alive and Echo returns that favor by coming when Rex calls and never once turning him down when he’s in need.

They love each other so much.

[tattycoram]

Rex: Keep Fives out of trouble Echo: Why me? Rex: You're unlucky enough to be in my line of sight

[phantom-of-the-501st]

I got bored of sitting in front of a laptop screen so I decided to go for a walk by the river and clear my head, which has actually just led to me thinking about the clones for an hour

And I wanted to go back to something that @heyclickadee spoke about, which is the idea that Rex retiring was not necessarily triggered by some absolutely devastating event that completely broke his resolve, for example, Echo dying.

I want to talk about another option, which is that, yes, Echo is the reason Rex left the Rebellion, but, no, it's not because he died. What if Echo was the one that encouraged it? Rex was not getting any younger and the idea of stepping back must have crossed his mind more than once. But there was always something that held him back, that kept him tied to the Rebellion. A sense of duty and loyalty that kept stopping him from going.

And maybe Echo noticed that. And maybe he was the one that told Rex that it was okay, that maybe it was time to step back and look after himself for once.

Remember, Rex was the one that told Echo that it was okay for him to leave the 501st. There was part of Echo that was holding himself back from making that decision, but Rex gave him the final nudge he needed to go with the Batch. And I like to think that this is is Echo doing the same for Rex, helping him the same way the he helped Echo.

[disastertriowriting]

@clonefandomevents

Here's our fill for the square "Amnesia". :)

Since getting Crosshair back on Bracca, the Bad Batch have been laying low on Ord Mantell until they��re unexpectedly attacked by a familiar face from the past, someone long thought dead. But he’s not himself, and the only way to get back the brother Echo knew may be to turn him, too, so he’s a vampire like they are. It’s time for the coven to come back together.

[fanfictasia]

Miles Away From Yesterday Chapter 8 - Locked Inside the Nightmare, a star wars: the bad batch fanfic | FanFiction

Miles Away From Yesterday - Chapter 8 - Locked Inside the Nightmare - Wattpad

[europasky]

Double trouble

Couldn’t sleep and didn’t wanna be productive soooooo….. these guys

[saggitary]

There is no greater bond than the one between a person and the fictional character they’ve written 50k+ words about

[meandtheyeehaws]

have some uhhhhh clone content based on sth from one of @tattycoram 's incorrect quotes :]

[uwingdispatch]

Clone trooper round up!!!!! I now have over 30 clones and I can only post 30 images in a tumblr post so let’s see how this goes. If your fave clone isn’t here, let me know and I’ll see what I can do. Shop is here. (And if you’re seeing this Jun 25 2025 thru July 9 2025, I’m having my big summer sale with 25% off earrings! So come on over!)

Not pictured: Season 2 Crosshair, Season 2 Hunter. <3

Shop is here. Love y'all!

[notallthoseinheadspace]

If it makes you feel better, my personal and very firm headcanon is that like Chopper Base was named for Chopper, who found it, Echo Base is also named for the one who discovered the site. That Echo chose to remain with the Rebellion, serving as a tactician and data analyst, when Rex decided to retire. (Echo is still working through a lot of guilt over being used as The Algorithm. It’s not his fault, but he still feels the need to help as much as he was once used to hurt.)

((Kallus is very starstruck when they’re first introduced. Rex is deeply amused by this.))

His team named it Echo Base over his fondly exasperated objections, mostly because they were all annoyed about the cold, most of all Echo, and they all wanted a harmless jab at him for it.

To me, he, like Rex, is still alive and well and aiding the Rebellion by the time the Battle of Endor rolls around.

When he meets Luke, Echo knows he’s a Skywalker before a word of introduction is ever spoken.

The way the droids are countering us here, the strategies I’m using, they’re all old battle plans Echo and I drew up together.

[the-bi-space-ace]

Okay I got so distracted and wrote just the tiniest bit of what might go in a larger fic someday but I needed to get the words out and so now you’re getting them because I can’t resist

Tagging @saturn-sends-hugs @phantom-of-the-501st because I think you may enjoy this bit of angst/fluff I’ve come up with.

Is this partially inspired by this post about Rex and Echo laughing themselves silly but also this post about what happened to Echo pre-S7? Yes. I couldn’t help myself.

Warnings: Echo has a bit of a panic attack then some silliness happens and he gets giggly.

Enjoy!

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Everything felt like it was on fire. Echo curled in on himself, trying and failing to understand why he couldn’t breathe anymore. All that had happened was a simple briefing, a mention of a prison, of people being held against their will, and now he was a mess.

A crumbled, sobbing mess.

He’d gone the one place he knew he felt safe without even thinking about it. Rex’s quarters were dim, quiet, isolated, and it took everything in him to press the code into the keypad before hitting the floor.

Rex had come looking for him, calling his name and trying to track him down, and like all those times before he’d found him. Curled in such a state it must’ve terrified him. Now embarrassment flared under the panic and he couldn’t dispel it even if he wanted to.

Rex tried to reach for him, hold him like he’d done times before when the world was too heavy and it all came crashing down, but his skin screamed no without his permission.

“Stop!” Echo croaked, feeling his voice give way, flinching before the contact could reach his skin. He didn’t know what he wanted but being touched wasn’t it. His body wouldn’t stop shaking, nothing made sense, and now Rex was sitting there half stunned, half hurt, hands held in the air in limbo. Great. Now he’d done it.

Echo put his hand to his chest, trying to calm his erratic breathing. This wasn’t fair. He was fine. He was so fine that this shouldn’t even be happening. He was stronger than this.

Then Rex stood and Echo’s world collapsed. He was pushing Rex away bit by bit and this was the last straw. This was what would make Rex walk away, leave him, know he was too much work.

Fuck, his chest hurt.

Air wouldn’t get through to his lungs quick enough, nothing worked, and now with the absence of Rex on his left he couldn’t reach out to him either.

Alone. All alone. No one. Nothing. All his fault-

“Here,” Something entered his vision and for a moment he didn’t know what it was, just that Rex was holding it out to him. He didn’t have time to actually reach for it before it was placed in his hand. Cool and smooth and… squishy? “Squeeze it.” Rex prompted. He was on his knees now, down in front of Echo and looking up like the world might implode. Echo squeezed it, feeling it give under his fingers.

Confusion dawned over his face, looking down to study the little squished up bantha in his hand. It had been given to Rex by Fives as a joke. A ‘gift’ from a mission that Rex hadn’t been on with them. Their first one as ARCs, actually. Its eyes bulged under the force of his fist, pink tongue sticking out. He could’ve sworn at one point it squeaked when you squished it so either he was misremembering or Rex used it enough that it had worn out.

It flooded his mind all at once. The toy clutched in his palm, Fives handing it to Rex and saying ‘it looks just like you’ as he squeezed it, Rex promising to make him pay for that comment. Echo thought about it and all at once the sour feeling in his chest mixed with something else entirely. Before he knew it laughter was bubbling up from his gut all the way until it burst out, light, trying to hold it back but failing.

Rex looked like he’d just been slapped, looking at Echo like his head had grown four sizes in a matter of seconds, which only made him laugh harder.

Tears that used to be from his terror were now squeezed out for an entirely different reason.

“I’m sorry, it’s just,” Echo forced out through a fit of giggles, and felt relieved to see Rex’s own mouth start to form a smile, as shocked as he was at the change of tone. Echo held up the bantha, relaxed his hand, then squeezed it again. “It looks just like you.”

Rex’s face fell from cautiously amused to absolutely exasperated in seconds forcing another renewed round of laughter.

“You’re such a bastard.” Rex complained but there was still a glint of mirth behind his eyes. The bantha was taken from him and Rex held it up, studying the little toy with some disdain. He peered at Echo then held it beside his head, squeezing it so it all puffed out again. It wouldn’t have been so funny if Rex didn’t try to mimic the expression, tongue stuck out and eyes wide, but it made another peel of laughter break free.

Funny, his chest felt less tight now.

“The resemblance is uncanny.” Echo mumbled from behind his hand, failing to stifle anymore tittering.

“Shut up.” Rex let his face fall back to normal then tossed the bantha back at Echo so it hit him in the chest, folding his arms for good and grumpy measure.

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THAT’S ALL I’VE GOT RIGHT NOW I TYPED THIS IN LIKE TEN MINUTES ON MY PHONE SO IF IT’S GOT TYPOS I AM SORRY I HOPE YOU LIKED IT

[dumb-djarin]

so what if I sucked his dick. his knuckles were split and bloody from defending my safety and my honour what else was I supposed to do

[europasky]

He loves him so much he let him go 💔

Rex at the time was....

[fanfictasia]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon), Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Crosshair & CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo & Hunter & Omega & Tech & Wrecker (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo & CT-27-5555 | ARC-5555 | Fives, Clone Force 99 | Bad Batch & CT-27-5555 | ARC-5555 | Fives, CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo & CT-7567 | Rex (minor) Characters: CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo, Hunter (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Crosshair (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Tech (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Wrecker (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Omega (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), CT-27-5555 | ARC-5555 | Fives, CT-7567 | Rex (minor), Anakin Skywalker (minor) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Vampire, Vampires, Clone Force 99 | Bad Batch Shenanigans, Clone Force 99 | Bad Batch as Family, POV CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo, CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo Needs a Hug, CT-27-5555 | ARC-5555 | Fives Needs a Hug, Vampire Clone Force 99 | Bad Batch, Protective CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo, CT-27-5555 | ARC-5555 | Fives Joins the Bad Batch, CT-27-5555 | ARC-5555 | Fives Lives, Force-Sensitive Hunter (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Force-Sensitive Omega (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Mild Blood, Blood Drinking, non-consensual biting, Hurt/Comfort, Amnesia, Temporary Amnesia, Fluff, Family, Friendship, Hurt CT-27-5555 | Fives, Eventual Happy Ending, Vampire Anakin Skywalker, Vampire CT-7567 | Rex, Protective Hunter (Star Wars: The Bad Batch) Series: Part 6 of Blood-Bound, Part 7 of The Vampire (Blood) Batch

Summary:

Since getting Crosshair back on Bracca, the Bad Batch have been laying low on Ord Mantell until they’re unexpectedly attacked by a familiar face from the past, someone long thought dead. But he’s not himself, and the only way to get back the brother Echo knew may be to turn him, too, so he’s a vampire like they are. It’s time for the coven to come back together.

Read on:

https://www.wattpad.com/1390344908-star-wars-one-shots-blood-kin

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14289266/1/Blood-Kin

[anxietyriddledsquid]

au to make myself practice drawing armor

[secretly-a-trekkie]

have some more 501st shenanigans