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Spent a whole day chipping away at this but i'm here to present:
The MortemCatabasis F2U Boar Anthro Lineart Pack! 16 alts available to download via my Ko-fi shop [HERE]
go forth and make anthropomorphic porcine propaganda 🫵🐗
#digital art#sfw furry#furry#taur#f2u with credit#f2u base#boar#pig#pig anthro#be the change you want to see in the world. i will make make pig furries more popular by any means necessary.#started working on these at 6am this morning [jan 22]. they are rough but they are done.#i am going to bed but i also made a lil adopt batch w these thats already posted on my TH for those interested
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The Evolution of an Echo
Okay well I wasn't planning on doing this now but I decided to strike while the iron is hot and have now started writing a full on character essay at *checks watch* 22:06
But despite his limited screen time, I really love how Echo has been portrayed this season and I really want to have a look at his character evolution over the course of The Bad Batch and how he compares now to who we were first introduced to in The Clone Wars.
Steph waffle about Echo coming up down below! 🧇
@saturn-sends-hugs @inkstainedhandswithrings
So I feel like the main thing we see with Echo is that he generally has more confidence now than he did before. Don't get me wrong, he still had confidence in a combat situation and was not afraid to throw himself into the action if it meant he could help people (self-preservation who?), but he seems to have become more comfortable with being himself, like he's properly found his own identity.
And I think that that is interesting considering what Echo has gone through. Personality-wise (and looks-wise), he is very different to who he once was but he still feels like Echo. We haven't lost him, he's just become more aware of what makes Echo Echo. Because when he was first given the name, he hated it. He didn't like being called that because it stemmed from people teasing him about his habit of repeating orders. While there wasn't any true malicious intent (the Dominoes were his brothers after all), Echo ended up being the target of "bullying" during his early years in the GAR. He was a rule follower and believed that things had to be done by the book for a reason. But that resulted in him getting teased a lot and I don't think he ever truly built up the same level of confidence as some of his other batchmates. And for him, that name probably suggested that everything that made up his identity, everything that made him him, was that name and how it stemmed from his belief that rules were made to be followed. His identity was in some way intrinsically tied to his name.
However, over time we saw that he came to fully embrace the name ("is there and Echo in here?") and over the course of the last couple of seasons, have really begun to see Echo fully living up to his potential, no longer tying himself to the "rule-follower" identity that he had carried with him for so long. Because what happened to him on Skako Minor fundamentally changed who he was: not just physically, but personally as well. He had to navigate being a new person and that meant finding himself again, even if the person he found was not the one he was expecting. And remember that at this point, all of his batchmates are gone; the people who gave him the name that summed up his personality are gone. The Batch don't know the old Echo and in some ways that probably helped him find himself. There was no expectation from them for him to go back to who he was before because they don't know that side of him. It gave Echo the space to breath and I feel like in some ways there was less of a pressure for him to try and go back to who he was.
Now that's not to say that the old Echo isn't still there in some ways. When he first ran with the Batch, he didn't quite have the same level of chaos as them, didn't really have the same way of going about things. And that never fully went away. Look at the way he challenged Hunter in season 2: he didn't instantly fall into doing things that Batch's way, but still held onto his own beliefs. But that confrontation did show a build in confidence. Echo became much more confident in standing up for himself, for doing what he believed even if that wasn't how everyone else wanted to do it. And so much of that stems from what he went through. Echo has been through hell, and if he can prevent that from happening to other people, then he will, even if it means disagreeing with his brothers.
One thing that has stood out to me is how Echo has begun to accept that where he belongs isn't always in one spot. And I imagine that this was something that had never really occurred to him much until this point because he'd only ever really been in one place: with his batch. I mean, they spent rotation after rotation after rotation together on the Rishi Moon. Echo never really had to deal with change until his brothers died. Then he found the 501st and that's when Echo began to adapt to shifts. He was in new places, with new jobs, but he always had one constant: Fives. And yet, following his rescue, that constant was gone. The place that had once felt like home to Echo now didn't feel like that anymore because it wasn't what he remembered. It's why he went with the Batch.
And I think this change was crucial in building the Echo we see today. It was a point in which he learned that home didn't mean one place. And sometimes it didn't even mean the same people. Home is simply where one feels like they belong, and for Echo that isn't always the same spot. It's where he feels like he can truly be himself and for him that means being in a position where he can help people. Whether that be with the 501st, or the Batch, or the Rebellion, Echo has learned to find a place in wherever he feels he needs to be. And that's why he's become so confident: because he has found where he belongs and what truly makes Echo Echo.
So we can look at Echo now and see the change. But we can still see the old him there - the drive to do the right thing, the protectiveness he holds for those he cares about, and the incredibly stressful habit of always putting himself in harms way in order to get things done - but he's embraced it more than ever before. While his screen time has been short this season, what we've seen from Echo is the perfect demonstration of why he was made an ARC and why he has always been so amazing. He is an incredibly talented soldier and now that he's found his calling, he's flourishing. He's embracing the change and he's taking everything in his stride. He's a good leader, a competent soldier, an incredible tactician, and a genuinely nice person who cares about the wellbeing of the people around him. Echo has come out of his shell and truly flourished and it's amazing to see.
And his humour has come back as well! One of the things that was often pointed out was how Echo's jokey side had kind of faded while he was with the Batch and yet over the last season it's come out in full force. Echo finding his confidence has also made him snarkier and bitchier in the best way possible. He knows what he wants and he isn't going to put up with anyone's bs. And what I love even more is how much the Batch have embraced him. They trust him now more than ever; he's their brother and they respect his drive and support him, even if it isn't the path they wanted to take themselves.
Now Echo still has his struggles, he isn't perfect. He can still be overly blunt sometimes, and he still has his vulnerabilities ("I don't enjoy solitude") but they don't make him weak. In fact Echo is stronger than ever and embracing who he is even more. And we can see where his growth has been influenced by those around him; the soft side that has become stronger after caring for Omega and the complete and utter chaos stemming from Fives and the Batch for example.
And you know what, Echo is a fitting name. Not because he repeated orders, but because in everything he does, and everything he proves himself to be, you can see the echoes of his past, who he was, who he's known and who he grew to be.
#it's now 22:58#and I should probably go to sleep#but I will always gush about echo#so enjoy the waffle#the bad batch#the bad batch spoilers#tbb spoilers#arc trooper echo#tbb echo#star wars
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TV Shows
Week Ending April 22nd, 2024
Fallout +1
Hazbin Hotel +1
9-1-1 -2
Good Omens +2
Avatar: The Last Airbender +2
The Bad Batch +4
Merlin
Bridgerton -4
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Supernatural +2
The Owl House -3
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir +5
Doctor Who
Hannibal +4
Stranger Things -1
Percy Jackson and the Olympians -5
Our Flag Means Death
Danny Phantom -2
Ninjago
House of the Dragon
The number in italics indicates how many spots a title moved up or down from the previous week. Bolded titles weren’t on the list last week.
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Why does Vassago already have merch, we haven't even met him yet
#Celtrist#cel rambles#I don't particularly care how abundant the merch is on shark robot#It literally feels like they'll take a scrap of anything and make it a pin#Like the Moxie Antartica pin Really sir and a bunch others where they're just a random frame from the show#I mean they're FUN frames at least but I swear I've seen some real random ones that don't even make sense to be a pin#AND I'M SORRY WHY DO THEY HAVE SO MUCH MERCH OF CHARACTERS THAT I CAN'T IMAGINE BEING THOUGHT TWICE ABOUT#Sallie Mae fine I can see why people like her and want merch#Chaz is pushing it especially seeing as he's pretty dead but fine I suppose he has his fans#Glitz and Glam? Okay you already fucked up not going with their beta designs but who really was looking at them and thinking “I want merch”#But fine. I'm sure they have their fans#BUT FREAKING MUFFY?? THE VET RECEPTIONIST? WHO TF WAS ASKING FOR A PIN OF HER? DID YOU EVEN KNOW HER NAME?#They do that shit all the time and it aggravates me. They seem to go by a “quantity over quality” thing.#Which their quality is great btw but the quantity of things they have for characters that don't even matter and are seen once is rediculous#Also when I was gonna look up when we were gonna meet Vassago I saw he was an overlord in the pilot#Curious if that's gonna stay. What's to say overlords can't be hellborns or goetia#Is he a goetia? Not sure.#P-point is I like their merch and the new batch seems to mostly be uniquely made to be merch and I like that#But the amount of “garbage” (that's mean but best way I can put it) merch that has a character little to no one would care about#Or is essentially JUST a screen grab from the show is annoying and just pointlessly fills the shop pages#And while I see from a business perspective why they'd put Vassago out especially since some already like him#I also just think it's silly for him to already have merch when we haven't seen his character other than in the trailer#Surprised they don't have merch of satan out yet lol#Okay but I would've approved only so they could make a krampus joke with him#Granted I don't care about Helluva as much as Hazbin#But can't help to be more critical of it when it has a lot of problems Hazbin has aside from pacing#But absolutely NO excuse or leeway for the reason of the sloppy writing that's present#Lemme reiterate my good ol' phrase here:#You're not in the Sonic fandom for like 22 yrs and don't learn to be critical of the media you enjoy lol#rant
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"Vagabonds" Chapter 22
"THE TEMPEST"
Ongoing fanfic Hunter x Reader/Fem Reader/OC
Hunter meets a smuggler Nomaadi Star Woman with a powerful force sensitive teen who changes the trajectory of CF-99's lives...as they ALL try to escape from The Empire together.



To read Chapter 21 - "AMARANTHINE"
https://www.tumblr.com/skellymom/762676548240277504/vagabonds-chapter-21?source=share
Word Count: 1.6 K
Background: What is Mad's fate? Can Hunter, Tech, LOVE, Tiggy, and newcomer Jeb escape the CX Trooper? Has LOVE's Force Powers gone too far???
MORE ACTION IN THIS CHAPTER!
For anyone new to this series: "LOVE" is the nonbinary/genderfluid neurodivergent/nonverbal Force sensitive kid of the main OC of this series named Mad. Mad is an older single mother, close to almost 50 years of age (not many older female protaganists in stories, so I decided to make one.)
Warning: SW Canon violence, blood, dog mauling human (defensive move for the doggo), swearing, angst, tragedy. Disclaimer: I wrote this chapter WELL BEFORE the mudslides and flooding in the south occurred. Hopefully this plot device is not offensive.
(Credit: Cool dividers by @4ngelic-Wh1spers, @plum98 @strangergraphics-archive Pinterest: You're Stuck With Me Skyguy, Mandry Club, )
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Tech attempted to comm Hunter.
No answer.
He heard and FELT an explosion.
Tiggy screamed loudly, causing Tech to jump out of his skin. She immediately ran for the open hatch. Tech leapt catching her by the collar.
“DAAB, TIGGY! STAY! STOP!!!” No command helped as she dragged him across the Marauder’s floor.
She sensed something was VERY WRONG. Tech managed to engage his remote access closing the gangplank via arm link, then bearhugged Tiggy with both arms. Her strength, even for a now medium sized canine, surprised him.
Tiggy screamed and struggled violently as Tech wrapped his long gangly legs around her to prevent getting loose. Committed dog that she was to her people, she never bit him, but alligator rolled growling.
When the gangplank closed, Tech let go launching himself into the pilot seat starting up the Marauder’s engines.
Tiggy continually threw herself at the closed gangplank.
Over the noise of the Marauder’s engines Tech heard the strong rumble of thunder. A fat raindrop splattered across the ship's windscreen.
Taphao Kaew’s weather patterns SHOULD’NT support rain in THIS season...
The Marauder took off from the forest floor.

LOVE caterwauled over Mad’s body.
Hunter sensed a HUGE electromagnetic front forming quickly above them. The sky ROILED as dark clouds blotted out the sun. He leaned down over Mad and attempted to pick up her bloody body. It was difficult to tell her status through the thousands of cuts she sustained from shrapnel during the blast.
Though unconscious Mad was STILL breathing.
LOVE started to cry HUGE wet tears. They ran down their cheeks...
The sky opened and a DELUGE of rain fell.
Jeb appeared next to Hunter. “The HELL this storm come from???
“Blame it on us.” Hunter remarked as he eyed LOVE.
Rain fell upon Mad’s body, washing the blood away temporarily. He leaned across to shield her and drew his weapon. Jeb drew his as well. Both stood their ground...waiting.
A blaster bolt rang through the smoke. LOVE blocked it one handed.
The CX Trooper stepped out into full view, leveling his rifle at LOVE, Hunter, and Jeb.
He spoke in a hauntingly distorted voice “The clone, force sensitive, AND Jedi asset. How convenient.”
“I WON’T go willingly” Hunter growled. “Won’t let you take ANYONE else, either.”
“It’s not YOU I’m after.” CX sneered through his helmet.
Hunter’s eyes widened. This Trooper KNEW who he was...and about Omega too.
Good thing she was safe on the Beldame.
“Hand HER over and I’ll go easy on your squad.” CX nodded in Mad’s direction. “That one too.” Nodding to LOVE.
LOVE’S head slowly rose up to face the CX Trooper. Eyes no longer yellow green...but bright CRIMSON RED!
Hunter’s long hair slowly rose up and strained to stand on end. His bandana held most of it back. He could FEEL an electrical charge building.
“LOVE...DON’T do it.” Hunter tried his darndest to keep calm.
They weren’t listening. NOTHING was getting through. His skin TINGLED!
OH...SHIT!” Hunter grabbed Jeb dragging him to the ground, then threw his own body over the boy and Mad.
LOVE struggled to speak...”Nnnn...nnn...naaAAAHHHH!” Then SCREAMED “NNN...NOOOO!!!” Face flushed as red as their eyes.
A bolt of lightning made explosive contact next to the CX Trooper. He flew back with several trees falling and igniting into flames.
LOVE, unhinged screamed outwardly over and over and over and over. ALL of the fear, anger, and sadness emanated outward VIOLENTLY!
More lightening strikes.
Hunter heard the distant sounds of people SCREAMING...unsure if in fear...or injury...
The rain picked up threefold, wind WAILING through the trees!
Taphao Kaew’s soil couldn’t handle the sudden volume of water raining down. The ground underneath gave way. Hunter grabbed Mad with one hand and, LOVE with the other, then attempted to catch Jeb with both legs around his midsection.
They splashed into a torrent of watery mud with a wickedly strong current. It pulled them all downhill as a huge swath of earth cleaved away from the forest. The water swallowed trees, land speeders, pushing parked ships up against the Rebel Base...collapsing the outer wall. Then flowed around the building further downhill.
Their group were pulled downhill towards the clearing...and the mess of trees, equipment, ships, assorted flotsam and jetsam.
Hunter knew they would all be crushed in the wreckage or swallowed up in the mud.
LOVE laid back, watery mud coursing around them. The grey sky rained down into their eyes blurring everything in sight. Mind clouded and FULL of anger. Hate burning hot while the waters around them couldn’t cool their volatile emotions.
“LOVE! SNAP OUT OF IT!!!” attempting to get to them. “WE NEED YOU!” Muddy water washed over Hunter’s helmet, silencing his pleas. Luckily it was sealed tight to prevent leakage.
A dark shadow blotted out the rain, as they slipped quickly down the ravine. LOVE’S vision cleared as Tech brought the Marauder above them.
The best he could do was drop rappelling lines to Hunter and hope he could reach them. Tech opened Marauder’s bottom hatch...fully realizing Tiggy might jump out of the ship. Tiggy was beyond listening and Tech needed both hands on the controls.
He opened the doors and hoped for the best.
Tiggy scrabbled across the deck flooring, sliding straight to the open space. Tech grit his teeth.
Miraculously she held onto the edge of the hatch, barking down into the gloom for all she was worth.
The roar of the engines reached into LOVE’S ears. Beneath that...barking. LOVE realized Tiggy was on board the Marauder! SOMEHOW she had managed to get aboard with LOVE unable to detect her presence.
To LOVE’S faraway brain, it seems Tiggy was barking in Basic Standard...
“BARK, BARK, BARK...WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP!!!”
LOVE’S eye widened, their head snapped up to see...
...Hunter’s fist firmly gripping the front of LOVE’s tunic, his other arm disappeared under the water...
...a long, wet shock of silver hair bobbed and flowed up from the watery depths...where Hunter feebly attempted to keep Mad’s head above water...
Hunter’s legs wrapped around... a STORM TROOPER!
The Trooper held on for dear life to Hunter’s right leg. LOVE could hear his screams ringing out from the comm in his helmet.
“LOVE!!!” Hunter yelled.
The group suddenly bounced off immense tree roots, pushing Hunter’s head under the water again. Mad’s head bobbed up above the surface, still unconscious.
Hunter popped back up, while NEVER letting go...neither did Jeb. Mad’s head disappeared underwater again.
WHAT AM I DOING??? LOVE SCREAMED inside their head!
They reached out with the Force...pushing...rising...
LOVE levitated out of the water, pulling Hunter with them. It took some work...he was heavier than he looked. The violent current dragging their bodies made it even more difficult.
Tech held The Marauder in place just above.
In their mind, LOVE called out to the Force for help. PLEADED even. HELP ME...PLEASE!!!
LOVE PUSHED...Mad emerged from the water where Hunter had a hold of the back of her robes...
They pushed HARDER. Muscles tensing to fever pitch...feeling as if they would split apart...
Jebith emerged from the water, still grasping Hunter’s legs.
LOVE pulled the group up, up, up...
A strong JERK pulled the group down again. There was another weight added...
The CX Trooper grabbed onto Jeb’s legs scaling him like a rope! He climbed up Jebith’s body, then Hunter’s...stopping to hold on and address Hunter eye to eye.
“You shouldn’t have left your OWN behind!” CX taunted him.
“Who the fuck ARE YOU???” Hunter shouted.
“YOU chose THEM over your BROTHERS!” The voice, while distorted sounded Reg-like...mixed with another familiar voice.
“...Crosshair???” Hunter grasped at straws...the body type wasn’t thin enough...but he hadn’t seen his brother for some time...
“Your misguided alliance will COST you!” CX refused to answer Hunter’s question.
Instead, he viciously kicked Jebith free from Hunter’s grasp. The young trooper screamed as he fell, then hit the water, disappearing into the muddy rolling depths.
Hunter kneed CX in the crotch while headbutting him.
CX’s grip released. He slipped down...
Drawing his vibroblade unthinkably quick...
Stabbing Hunter’s upper thigh just below the hip expertly between the armor. Sinking it deeply into soft tissue.
Hunter SCREAMED in agony! CX pulled himself up on the blade, grabbing the hair on Mad’s head, flipping her head up to face him.
“Pity. She’s dead.” He scoffed at her pale face and blue lips.
He let go of her then proceeded to climb up Hunter towards LOVE.
LOVE had almost reached the bottom hatch of the Marauder. Hunter sensed LOVE needed to be free of the weight of the bodies below them.
Hunter yelled out to LOVE “I’VE GOT THIS! DO WHAT YOU DO!!!”
He let go.
CX slipped back down, holding onto Hunter’s shoulders.
Hunter sensed a large presence arrive and blot out the Marauder as he punched CX in the throat.
He and Mad fell, as Hunter caught the rappelling cable attached to the Marauder. He never let go of Mad.
CX gagged, letting go of Hunter, then engaged his own rappelling line upward. He kicked away and zipped upward quickly towards LOVE.
LOVE, still levitating, reached out to push CX away as he stunned them.
He caught LOVE’s body as it fell...
Tiggy leapt out of the Marauder, hitting him like a ton of bricks. Biting, scratching, mauling the CX Trooper.
He screamed and swore as he zipped away towards his ship, still holding LOVE.
Hunter rode his line up through the Marauder’s bottom hatch, setting Mad down.
“TECH, FOLLOW THAT SHIP!” He barked. “TROOPER HAS LOVE AND TIGGY!!!”
“On it!” Tech closed the hatch, engaging the Marauder. As he watched the CX Trooper zipline into his ship, closing the hatch.
Ignoring the searing pain of the knife buried in him, Hunter leaned over Mad. He fumbled at opening her mouth to scoop out wet debris clearing her airway. Then started breaths and compressions...

To read Chapter 23 - "RETREAT"
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#sw#tbb#WHAT DO YOU MEAN 24 AND 22 MINUTES#star wars#the bad batch#i can’t remember how reputable this leaker is supposed to be but afaik no one has called him out yet so#I’M STRESSED
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so many of the bad batch’s problems could have been solved if they just went absolutely feral
#rated r bad batch would have swept the empire clean 22 years early#give them guns without stun and we’re golden#me: take away their moral compass! star wars: …this is a kids show.#the bad batch#star wars#tbb#the bad batch season 3
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I feel Clone X being Cody would be as emotional as it possible being Tech, because... the last time Crosshair saw Cody, they were fighting side by side. And Cody protected and helped Crosshair during the time, when all other regs ignored him.
Having Cody/Clone X call Crosshair out on "You could have been one of us" also has a double meaning of him trying to make Crosshair see the other side from S2.
I know people want it to be Tech and it probably is, but gods, having him be killed off and then brainwashed and revealed at what is gonna be the way mid/late part of the series is... oof. Especially since I doubt they'd kill him off AGAIN as a mercy kill because he's too brainwashed. That means he'd need to be helped back to normal again and there won't be enough time to handle that properly in the show.
But the latter is a problem in the series for sure; too many important things happen off screen and are often solved within one episode. The show isn't allowed to breathe and take things slow.
(Cody being revealed as having been brainwashed is of course bad too but like it or not, he's not one of the main characters of the show. Rex having to deal with a brainwashed Cody could very well be what forces him into retirement.)
Just my two cents.
And why is Echo ALWAYS sidelined in this show?!
#maybe they were too fed up with people calling everything filler in s2 and decided to always move the plot forward now#i really miss the old series where there was like 22 episodes at least in a season; and fillers ARE important#the bad batch#tbb season 3#tbb critical#tbb spoilers#i love tech; he's my fave character but at this rate I don't think his return can be done in a satisfying way#like yeah sure theyre soldiers and handling things this and that way; but it's still a tv show; the AUDIENCE needs to see these things#you cant just hide everything between episodes and pretend its fixed afterwards
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Earthspark has been watched. Ngl I don't feel the same enjoyment as when I watched the first batch of season 1, but I compiled things I did enjoy:
Spoilers:
-Action in the 1st episode. Especially that Breakdown slide
-Breakdown and Aftermath father son dynamic
-The entire episode 2. There's no going wrong with Mo and Thrash together
-Dot and Alex frickin Maltos
-Megatron having no chill and making two toddlers fight (you know if Optimus wasn't around he'd go an extra mile and actually make the course deadly)
-Overall Spitfire episode
-Hashtag looks cute in the new alt mode
-Twitch talking back to Starscream while pretending to be Spitfire
-Dad 2 call back
-Some of the scenes made me laugh out loud. For example that slow head slide Aftermath gave to Jawbreaker
-THAT ONE SCENE WITH MO AND HASHTAG IN THE RUINS??? THE ONE WITH AVOIDING THE DWELLERS?? HELLO????????
-Optimus being a stupid old man. Also having the same car keys keychain as I do
#i think im ready to admit it#the show is not the same anymore#i can still see the things that made me enjoy s1 so much#but now while going through the episode i can't help but get a feeling that 22 minutes was too long to fill the runtime#im most likely going to watch the next batch and look for moments like the ones listed above but overall earthspark has lost its spark#(haha get it)#earthspark spoilers#transformers#earthspark
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Impeccable Timing
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Febuwhump 2024 | Day 22 | Prompt 22: “You weren’t meant to be there.”
Rated: T | Words: 560 | Summary: Crosshair deals with the guilt of friendly fire. [Character Focus: Crosshair, Tech]
The target in his sights moved the moment he pulled the trigger. Gone was the neck shot that would decapitate the battle droid and in its place was the familiar pale gray armor of his brother. There was nothing he could do but watch in horror as the bolt made contact.
His in-helmet comm exploded with entangled voices of panic, but two word’s stood out like a flash-bang. Blinding. Deafening. Lethal. “Tech’s down!”
“Crosshair, will you please look at me?” Tech asked, voice firm but patient.
Crosshair dragged his gaze from his boots and looked at Tech’s face. His younger brother’s expression made him want to cry. But he wouldn’t cry. Not here. Instead, he snarled, “What do you want?”
“It wasn’t your fault,” Tech said. He indicated the bandage covering half his chest and shoulder. “I want you to stop blaming yourself for this.”
“I don’t,” Crosshair lied.
There was confusion at first, Hunter and Wrecker speculated wildly as they dragged Tech off the field, getting him to cover. They kept asking if Crosshair had seen anything, could see anything. A threat they hadn’t accounted for. How could he tell them that it was friendly fire, a blaster bolt meant for a vanishing enemy. The awful truth.
“Crosshair, do you see anything?” Hunter asked, command voice razor-edged.
The sniper realized that he had not responded to any of the questions. Static in his head blocked out the noise, opting for the sickened mantra: I shot him. I shot him. I shot him.
“I shot him.” The words crowded from his mind to his lips, unbidden.
“What?”
“I shot him,” Crosshair repeated, not to answer Hunter’s shocked question, but because it was the only words he could say. “I shot him.”
“You do,” Tech said, “And if there is anyone who deserves blame, it is myself. I miscalculated my position. I knew better.”
“It’s my job to know where you are. Where all of you are,” Crosshair argued.
Tech considered the counterpoint. “We may be enhanced, Crosshair, but we are still human. Occasional errors are a given. You could not have known that I would block your shot of the battle droid. Had I taken that position only a moment later, I would not have been shot. Had I taken that position a moment earlier, you would have seen that I blocked your shot and not pulled the trigger. It was impeccable timing, really.” He sounded morbidly impressed.
“Impeccable timing? I almost killed you!”
“But I am not dead.”
“No karking thanks to me,” Crosshair spat.
Tech frowned. “I cannot reason with you when you are being overly emotional.”
“I am not–”
Tech put up a hand. “I do not feel this necessary nor warranted, but I forgive you, Crosshair, for any wrongdoing you feel you have done against me.”
The enhanced marksman deflated.
“I shot you,” Crosshair whispered.
“I know,” Tech said, “but I trust you, Cross. This event does not negate that. We live dangerous lives by literal design. It is the nature of war, and it is our nature as soldiers.”
Crosshair nodded, his throat constricted. “I’d better never see any of you at the other end of my scope again,” he growled. He pretended his voice didn’t crack.
Tech played along. “We shall do our best to keep out of the way,” he said with a smile.
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#Febuwhump 2024#febuwhumpday22#prompt 22: you weren’t meant to be there#star wars#the bad batch#fanfiction#ao3 fanfic#ao3 writer#tbb tech#tbb crosshair#tech whump#crosshair needs a hug#brothers
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For the anon that requested Caleb dividers. It’s taking me a little while to complete your request since the character is pretty new to the game!
Also… hehe I am still posting cat Xavier and cat Zayne but things happened and I have to redo most of my graphics 🤡 and I’m being lazy… cutting all the kitties again 😭
#omi.rambles#lads Caleb#I’m debating whether to make general ones like apples and planes and origami birds#and then when we have more content after the 22 I’ll post a second batch maybe?#we’ll see!
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God damn we deserve someone who is so obsessed that he throws away Champions League football just to play for us 😭

#do you know how long I’ve been waiting for players who got hooked by klopp’s Liverpool to sign for us#I thought it would be another 7 years or so to get the first batch of kids#the future is here faster than expected#now…….does this 22 year old have kids because he said his favourite tattoo is of his family and it’s parents and a kid#is he the kid#let’s hope so#god we need a player with his profile so bad I hope he lights the Prem on fire
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Just based on these last two episodes, the runtime for the series finale has to be that of a feature length film right?….RIGHT!??
#the bad batch#the bad batch spoilers#tbb spoilers#there are way too many loose ends to resolve in 4 22 minute episode#I am not well
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Protection and Purpose
Here’s my first ever Whumptober fic! It took longer than I expected, but I’m really happy with how it came out. Enjoy!
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Rating: T
Summary: Echo thought he was doing better; after surviving Skako Minor, after finding out he’d lost Fives, after enduring Order 66. Then Rex appeared and revealed to the Bad Batch the true dangers of their inhibitor chips. The captain promised to help them remove their chips, but once they got to that abandoned medbay and Echo saw the enclosed space of the surgical pod… It was all too familiar. Too late, he realized he wasn’t as recovered as he’d thought.
Fandom: Star Wars: The Bad Batch
Relationships: Echo & Fives, Echo & Rex
Word Count: ~5700 words
Warnings: panic attacks, grief, ptsd, referenced character death
#whumptober2024#no.1#no.4#no.15#no.20#no.22#no.25#no.30#panic attack#‘You’re still alive in my head.’#moment of clarity#emotional angst#‘It’s not your fault.’#reopening wounds#surgery#holding back tears#star wars#fic#the bad batch#echo the bad batch#echo tbb#arc trooper fives#captain rex#ptsd#referenced character death#grief#angst
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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Hunter & Omega (Star Wars: The Bad Batch) Characters: Clone Trooper Hunter (Star Wars), Omega (Star Wars: The Bad Batch) Additional Tags: Hunter Needs A Hug (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Clone Trooper Hunter Gets a Hug (Star Wars), Sort Of, Clone Trooper Hunter Has PTSD (Star Wars), why does nobody talk about this, Panic Attacks, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, but it's minor, Hurt No Comfort, Family, Depression, Suicidal Thoughts, Febuwhump, Febuwhump 2024, Prompt: "You Weren't Meant To Be There"
Summary:
In which Omega was actually traumatized by Hunter's fall on Daro and doesn't brush it off when she witnesses it again. Or, in which Hunter isn't the only one to have a panic attack in Entombed.
Read on:
https://www.wattpad.com/1424097039-the-bad-batch-one-shot-collection-febuwhump-day
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14330314/1/Febuwhump-Day-Twenty-Two-You-Weren-t-Meant-To-Be-There
#star wars#star wars fanfiction#fanfiction#fewbuhump#febuwhump 2024#febuwhump day twenty two#febuwhump day 22#day 22#day twenty two#omega#hunter#hunter and omega#angst#hurt/comfort#family#bad batch#the bad batch#you weren't meant to be there
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Okay waking up to watch this auction end kind of fucked me over i did not sleep well after that but like it was so worth it
#approx. 35 new cards for $22. so awesome#and well 2 are testaments im especially happy about that#though unfortunately. idk when ill be able to scan them#gets kinda hot in our office… not very safe for me. but umm maybe i can chip away at it slowly#1 batch at a time. on cooler nights. maybe#the kat goes meow#gg
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