#null arcs

[thelastd0mino]

I just wanna hug the baby Nulls. that’s it. I know they’re little baby murder machines but dammit THEY’RE JUST LITTLE BABIES!!!!!!

[roseaesynstylae]

Alpha-17 definitely encountered one of the Nulls while raising the CC batch and he definitely handled it by chucking the cadet he was carrying at them. The Null — who for the sake of clarity we’ll just assume was Ordo —, regardless of any moral deficiencies, caught the cadet on instinct, having not expected 17 to just do that.

Unfortunately for him, the cadet was Fox. Who promptly started attacking his face like a rabid honey badger.

(It took a full forty-five minutes to pry him off Ordo, and it only really worked because 17 got bored and told Fox to get his ass over there so they could rejoin the others.)

(Needless to say, 17’s kids aren’t too impressed with the Nulls.

Cody: Well if it isn’t Flighty McBitchass.

Mereel: Great, you’re one of his.)

[dr11ft]

proud?

[fire-on-fuel]

the most disconcerting thing about the nulls and kal's relationship has gotta be their almost regressive soft spot for him. Imagine watching a 6ft blackops captain built like a tank in full armor shoot someone point blank like its a homework assignment and then turn to this random mandalorian with the universal 'did I do good dad?' look. I'm scrambling. That's the type of thing that seems sweet from 3rd person omniscient but in first person makes every hair on your body raise

[isurrendertoclones]

Kal trying to give the boys a bedtime or anything like that and suddenly facing six tiny lawyers

[nocturius8015ficore]

Kal Skirata, Jango, Orum Wa and the Nulls (by me, Nocturius)

Nocturius: Oh crap, I thought I've already shared that one here, but, hey, enjoy!

It's a piece I made on Krita last Winter. It feel aaaaaaaaaaaaages ago since do RC and TBB content (well... mostly memes tbh) on a regular basis.

It took me over 50h to do. 9 characters, Tipoca City and the work of light and storm. That was an hard one for sure! Still not 100% happy with the perspective, shading and composition but that's a ''me'' problem as an artist. I tried hard to respect the books description and also material from The Clones Wars and Attack of the Clones for the visual as reference pictures. I found some useful concept art online too. That was a very formative project. I think it was the first time I did piece directly on Krita instead of scanning a sketch. I was getting more confident with my stylet and wacom!

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Here some WIP, for the funzies.

Go well with that fine fan-made audiobook reading of that exact scene! (no need to have read the first book to enjoy ^^)

[clonememesfrikyeah]

Scenario

Due to an employee error the ration bar factory accidentally laced all their product with space weed, what do you think happens to the GAR?

[arliganzey]

Imagine Kal Skirata walking around Kamino with all the Nulls in a 6-seater pram

[09-niner]

Let Niner sleep please

[lonewolflupe]

can i request mereel skirata with the aroace flag? (if you're not taking repcomm book clones, fives with the aroace flag?)

Mereel Skirata | Aroace + ARC Trooper Fives | Aroace

Yesyesyeysyeysfadjsfkajfakfjak I'm actually so excited someone requested a clone from the RepComm books! I'm reading them for the first time and am currently halfway through Triple Zero, so Mereel finally made his appearance! I'm still discovering and figuring out all their personalities, but I thought Murder Boy Mereel wouldn't mind some hair dying for this event (: Also I could not pass on a Fives request either, so here have my favourite dramARC trooper <3 Thank you so much for your requests!

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[roseaesynstylae]

All I’m saying is that one of the ways Alpha-17 trained the Command Batch to deal with life-threatening situations is by sending them to torment the Nulls.

Of course, any serious retaliation on the Nulls’ part is halted by a gigantic and murderously frowning Alpha-17, who stares at them with indescribable contempt until they just decide to cut their losses and leave.

This also means that Cody has absolutely no respect for the Nulls. They all do, but Cody’s the one who stands there smiling with evil eyes and offering to tell “all those funny stories from Kamino” to whoever else is in the room.

[loverboy-havocboy]

ordo skirata for @mamuzzy <3

[fire-on-fuel]

a less talked about contextualization for why the null arcs do more interpersonally damaging things like stalking and disrespecting privacy to people they care about is something I tentatively call fulfilled paranoia thinking. essentially when you expect so completely for the other person to be doing the same, planning to do the same, or likely to do the same under pressure that it doesn't cross your mind at all that what you're doing is crossing any lines or a new problem that you're the one introducing. sure obsessive urges, anxiety, posessiveness can all provide the motivations for follow through, but I get the feeling for the nulls it's more often pattern/habit based. and growing up as black ops spies and objectified units with no rights and a very tight knit family in-group all at the same time does a terrible job at not reinforcing that headspace into a default

[isurrendertoclones]

Vau has a space bumper sticker that says “My strill is smarter than your Nulls”

[nocturius8015ficore]

It's just Prudii being Prudii. Blowing up Seppies installations. 🤷

[clonememesfrikyeah]

Interviewer: “what’s the most attractive trait a woman can have?”

Ordo: “A criminal record.”

Mereel: “Narcissistic.”

Jaing: “An unnervingly sharp smile that will take a fekking chunk out of you and drink your blood.”

Prudii: “Being a man actually.”

Kom’rk: “Homicidal tendencies.”

A’den: “A good sense of humor :)”

Interviewer: *slowly takes step back”