#and the bad batch are all brothers

[arctrooper69]

So....despite the numerous WIP's I already have...I was thinking about Halloween and spooky times. Would you read a Bad Batch Monster Hunter AU? Think Supernatural but like a Bad Batch version 😂

[magicandmundane]

Y’all it’s crying about Hunter and Omega hours

Like what do you mean this hardened soldier crumbled like a Christmas cookie when a little girl looked at him like he was her hero? What do you mean she was there when he and his brothers were born and has spent years trying to find them again?? What do you MEAN he lost a part of himself every time she was taken?? What do you MEAN that even after half a year she never doubted he would show up when she called???? What do you mEAN HE STUMBLED AFTER HER AND THE MAD SCIENTIST WHO CAPTURED HER, HALF DEAD FROM TORTURE BUT STILL DETERMINED TO SAVE HER AS SHE HAS SAVED HIM AND HIS BROTHERS OVER AND OVER AND—

[cherrirui-official]

"You know... You didn't have to take that with you."

"But I promised him I'd take him out to see the ocean one day."

[here-comes-the-moose]

Time for another headcanon that randomly popped into my head and would not leave me alone until I posted it:

Before Omega entered the picture, all of Hunter’s protective, caring, mother hen instincts were see in Bad Batch weren’t dormant, they were just focused on Crosshair. 😂

[laughhardrunfastbekindsblog]

I'm rewatching The Clone Wars, just finished "Clone Cadets."

Shaak Ti observes "The one they call 'Echo' never adapts to the situation," and she's right at that point; but I couldn't help but immediately think of (insert "Spongebob Hmm" meme)...

(Okay, the above was a little shaky, but he recovered very nicely...)

Add in Hunter and Crosshair both being all "Echo will come through" and "Relax, Echo's on it" and I'm just LOOK AT MY BOY!!!!! 🥹😍❤️

[jedimemery]

I don’t think anyone will ever understand how much I love Eva, so let me lay it out real quick.

She is perfect.

She is baby girl.

She can do no wrong ever in her life.

I would hang the stars for her.

I would burn down and level Tantiss for her.

I would fistfight Royce for her and win.

She’s a precious baby and deserves the galaxy and more. 💕

[blackseafoam]

Omega being raised by 3 older brothers on Pabu would go something like:

-Once Omega is taller she and Wrecker play a game where they run at each other and slam shoulders together repeatedly until one of them falls over (it’s usually Omega). Batcher doesn’t like this game and always barks and jumps at them when they do it.

-When playing frisbee on the beach Crosshair thinks it’s hilarious to throw it way out into the ocean and make Omega get it like a dog (batcher can sometimes be convinced to get it but sucks at locating it in the waves)

-Hunter goes into Omegas room and stands there just to annoy her, then he’ll steal something and walk away to force her to come out.

-The batch regularly takes the village kids tubing behind the fishing boat. Hunter runs the boat jerkily but never goes too crazy. Wrecker always goes for the biggest wave and gets the kids to fly up in the air. Crosshair just goes in circles until they all flip off and skip across the water like stones.

[marvel-starwarsfangirl]

Crosshair is fuckin selfish, he knew how to get to Tantiss THE WHOLE TIME, but withholds it because of “trauma”, which is an awful excuse, he reveals that he knows how he their once OMEGA gets captured, showing that he only cares about his squad, not his other brothers, he could have told Echo all about Rampart, and Echo, Rex, Gregor, and Howzer could have ran the entire mission to get Rampart and get to Tantiss earlier

Crosshair never changed, he is still the selfish bully that was introduced to us on Anaxes

While I respect your opinion, I disagree with your take that Crosshair has never changed. He is a very complicated character who has been through a lot. And he has changed. He has learned that loyalty belongs to those who will reciprocate it and treat him with respect.

To your point about him not saying anything do to trauma, I argue that it isn't an awful excuse. The mind is a truly powerful thing and when you are in constant survival mode, you will do things that others will raise eyebrows at. Crosshair DOES NOT want to go back at any cost. He was badly hurt physically and psychologically. From his perspective, withholding information will protect both himself and his squad from going back there. As someone who has pretty bad anxiety at times, I sympathize with him. I don't say that lightly.

To your point about Omega, yes he only really goes back for her. Omega is the one person throughout the entire show who always tried to understand him. Crosshair is a character driven by his loyalty to others, especially his brothers and Omega. When the person who is the literal light of his life gets taken, it makes sense that goes back for her.

To your point about him being selfish, I do think he is. His one and true loyalty will always be to his squad. But that doesn't mean he hasn't learned to work alongside his fellow brothers. He literally risked his life to save Mayday. And I firmly don't believe that S3 Crosshair would say "he's just another reg." He's grown from that. You're right that he could've just told Echo and Rex and leave the rest to them. But at the same time, I think it's worth looking at things from his perspective. He wants to avoid Tantiss and anything to do with it. If that means not saying a peep, then that's what he'll do.

At the end of the day, Crosshair is a very nuanced character. Is he selfish? Yes. But I don't think it's fair to say that he has never changed. He has come a long way since we first met him on Anaxes.

[zeb-z]

The way the entire final battle, they all couldn’t do it alone. Omega is saved by Wrecker waking up, Wrecker is saved by Hunter, who is saved by Crosshair. Echo helps Wrecker on the floor, watching his back, while the unnamed clone watches his, saving him from an attack from behind.

If Crosshair had gone in alone they all would have failed. Because they’re a team. They’re brothers. And loyalty is not their greatest weakness, but their greatest strength.

[magicandmundane]

I have a headcanon. But first: story time!

I am the elder sister, and when my little sister was born I was about two and a half years old. So, not really cognizant lol. But! I do remember just one moment, an instant really, and that is sitting next to my dad and getting to hold the little twerp (affectionate) and kissing her on the forehead.

Now for the headcanon.

Omega was probably right around the same age (maybe a little older idk) when her little brothers, the OG Bad Batchers, were born. She was probably running around Nala Se’s lab all excited about there being more clones like her, about having brothers. So, the only way Nala Se could get her to settle down was by sitting her down and letting her hold one of them.

And she held Hunter first.

[here-comes-the-moose]

*looking at old photos of Omega*

Crosshair: Ha, you look like you bite people in this one.

Hunter: Cross, you bit people.

[last-of-cheese]

I was informed that Bad Batch pop figures existed so naturally I had to immediately go buy my two favorite boys. I'll be buying the others next month but right now I just needed Echo and Cross.

And I've had a really rough past few days so for them to arrive today really made things so much better.

@kark-trooper-echo and @superiorsniper look how perfect you fit on my shelf.

[smolbean-17]

How have we forgotten that Crosshair almost killed Hunter while freed from the chip’s influence?

“Hunter never wanted to go back for Crosshair, the audacityyy!”

Who in their right mind would want to go back for a sibling who tried to stab them to death. Honestly. In what real world scenario would that actually happen.

[somestorythoughts]

Dehydration

Back with some vampire clones!

Echo's throat feels like the air on a desert planet. The nutrients the Techno Union were giving him must have been high in iron or something, because he's well aware that blood brothers don't survive this long with only rations, but he's still so thirsty.

"Rex. Thirsty."

His Captain glances around the room automatically before he turns back to Echo. The General navigating with Tech, it's only vod here. "Blood or water?" He murmurs, the arm around Echo's shoulder's squeezing gently.

"Blood. Please?"

The sergeant - crap what was his name? - glanced up. "You're, what did that medic call them? A redder brother?"

"Blood or redder brother." Rex confirmed. "If you're unfamiliar I guess you don't have any bitten with you?" Bitten, their terms for brothers who are willing to be go-to's for all the blood brothers. Fives had been one.

"I'm not sure what that means?"

Rex grimaced. "How close are we to the Resolute?"

"Tech!" The Sargent calls. "What's our ETA?"

"Twenty-five minutes!" Is the shouted response. The other two troopers are watching, clearly curious.

"And time to get to the medbay." Rex adds. "Thirty minutes Echo. Can you hold on for thirty minutes?" Echo nods, too tired to say more.

Thirty minutes later a surprised Tech watches the ARC trooper they rescued sink alarmingly sharp teeth into the wrist of the ARC who'd accompanied them earlier. "Huh."

"Don't work with the blood brothers a lot do ya?" The ARC asks from where he's carefully holding Echo, apparently very relaxed with the biting. "Echo. You've got to breathe."

There's a snarl and the ARC winces. "Okay maybe you don't."

"Might need another volunteer Jesse." The medic - Kix - muttered. "Echo I'm going to scan you. Stay calm." He waits till he gets an acknowledgement, then starts.

"I have questions." Tech decides.

"Run me through what you know of these prosthetics and we can talk once I know he's stable."

[nikibogwater]

Tech diving after Omega hits extra hard when you remember that Tech is usually the one with a plan, a process, a specific way of doing things to ensure the best possible outcome.

But when Omega falls, Tech, the guy whose entire personality revolves around analyzing and coming to conclusion, doesn't even hesitate. Doesn't take time to set a safety line, doesn't scan the hole to see how deep it is, he just dives in after her.

It's as if it doesn't matter to him how this fall ends, because in his analytical mind, there's not a single possible scenario in which he would ever let Omega find out by herself.

[roadara23]

Let me tell you something.

If Omega AND Crosshair end up being Force Sensitive....

We BETTER get some Force shenanigans with these 2, I swear to-