#tbb shenanigans

[cc-cobalt-1043]

[laughhardrunfastbekindsblog]

Omega filling Crosshair in on some highlights he missed, after they've finished their first meditation session

Omega: There was this one time Tech entered a riot race to save us from being indebted to a dangerous gangster, and Tech won.

Crosshair: unsurprised, Tech always was an adrenaline junkie and of course the squad would run into trouble with a gangster

******

Omega: Oh, did I tell you about the time we went with Phee to find treasure? The treasure turned out to be the kill switch to a weapon of mass destruction, so we had to leave it there after almost dying.

Crosshair: unsurprised, the squad itself used to be a weapon of mass destruction, but of course they wouldn't be able to keep their hands on any treasure

******

Omega: I learned what flirting is by watching Phee talk to Tech. Tech couldn't do it well himself, but we all knew he liked her.

Crosshair: raised eyebrows, but... uh, actually, come to think of it, he could kinda see Tech having a girlfriend; he'd be more surprised if it were Hunter with a girlfriend, seeing as how Hunter is completely oblivious to anyone paying that kind of attention to him

******

Omega: So... Fennec, that bounty hunter Wrecker and Hunter are going to meet? We first met her on Pantora, I accidentally got lost when I ran after a puppy right after Hunter sold Echo to a shop owner...

Crosshair: [slamming open the door barging into the Marauder and glaring at Hunter the moment he and Wrecker return from space-Florida] YOU SOLD ECHO???!?

....

Hunter: Look, we really needed the credits and Echo wasn't going to stay there forever.

Crosshair: You told me a real leader protects his squad!

Hunter: That's what I was doing!

Crosshair: By selling Echo??

Echo [was in the middle of getting updated on the Fennec stuff via holotransmission and is still on the call]: It's fine, Crosshair. What's done is done. That was a long time ago.

Crosshair: Well, at least tell me they got 10,000 credits for you!

Echo: crossing his arms and joining Crosshair in staring Hunter down

Hunter: sighs

Wrecker: eating popcorn in the background, passes the bucket over to Omega when she shows up

(Crosshair may have teased Echo all the time, but he's a bit protective of his adopted brother too.)

[littlemissmanga]

After the first time Rex tries to tell the Batch about Echo's teenage shiny years and they don't believe him, Echo goes out of his way to subtly prank Rex - ya know for old time's sake but also he knows Fives' Force ghost is fucking dying every time Rex goes "See? See what he's like" but there's no proof Echo did anything so the Batch is just like "... no?".

the bad batch see echo as this more-experienced, grumpy yet loving motherly figure who always checks on them, whether it’s making sure tech gets some sleep to giving hunter/crosshair glasses so they don’t get overstimulated to treating wreckers scar to putting omega to bed. he is the responsible one.

when they mention this to rex, he stares at echo in horror. because that boy is a demon. the same boy who snuck out drinking with fives, who once broke his knuckle punching a droid, who used to jump cody/rex/anakin from behind doors and try to tackle them.

no one belives rex when he says this.

echo is hiding behind a nearby door, listening in and preparing to jump rex.

[archivistofnerddom]

One of the funny things about Rex and Omega being in the Rebellion at the same time is that they could have any number of conversations that basically are this:

Omega: *does something impressive and chaotic to help people and to fight against the Empire*

Rex: *deliberate breathing as he’s watching her do this, knowing he’s the only person who knows how she got those skills (and from whom)*

Omega: *gets hurt or does something that has the absolute slightest chance of giving Hunter (aka Stressed Protective Dad) heart palpitations if or when he finds out*

Rex: *sighs* Okay, on a scale from “Crosshair’s Pabu Meditations” to “Escape From Tantiss 2: Zillo Beast Electric Boogaloo,” how much lying am I going to have to do to keep your brother from needing medical attention and/or coming out here to read us both the Riot Act?

Omega: Do you want the sanitary version, the Echo version, or the Bad Batch version of the truth?

Rex: I’m getting too old for this.

Rex: *proceeds to cover for Omega anyway when Hunter asks because she’s his sister and they bonded over Blond Shenanigans a while back*

Omega: Thanks, Rex! (I’ll tell you the real story after you talk to Hunter.)

[forcesavetheclones]

next

[leenathegreengirl]

Jesse back in his 501st days, trying to charm a special someone with a photo!

(It took Fives and Hardcase 40 takes to get a "good one" 😂)

Hardcase: Smile more!

Fives: No smile less, women like the smolder

Hardcase: Don't listen to him, she's a sweet girl

Fives: Wait, your eyes were closed try again…

Jesse: Can we hurry up?? I don't want anyone else walking in!

Fives: Then stop talking, Di'kut!

(A very special thank you to my buddy @legacygirlingreen for providing the concept and writing!💚💕)

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[littlemissmanga]

The Clone Wars ★ Clones being just silly little dudes

May the 4th be with you!

Bonus:

[here-comes-the-moose]

Plot twist: Rex let Echo go with the Bad Batch because he took one look at Tech and Crosshair and their Twin Shenanigans™️ and was like “I have the perfect opportunity for karma right here”.

[cuddles-with-dragons]

*movie night* Hunter: Wrecker, for the last fucking time, we're not watching Rocky. Tech: *raises hand* Crosshair: No nature documentaries, either! Echo: I have some perfectly great movies right here, guys. Wrecker: Ya mean that pile of chick flicks? Echo, offended: They're rom-coms! Omega, looking through the pile: *holds up The Princess Bride* But this one says action and adventure... Echo: The box LIES.

[momojedi]

Obi-Wan, glaring at Cody: Boys, bed, NOW! I wanna talk to your father.

Cody, sweating anxiously: No, boys. Stay. Please stay.

212th:

Obi-Wan: GO.

[eobe]

Sergeant Hunter sulks 🪶 He got mocked and never heard of a troll despite living his whole life with Crosshair! 🐈‍⬛

And he absolutely has no luck, having enhanced senses but underestimating highly sensitive Mikkian head tendrils! Eo is a friendly one by nature, but calm, soft and cute is usually the sign to run for life’s sake 😼 That man‘s face isn‘t one of a hunter, but of prey knowing that it is prey 🐉✨ hehehe

@crosshairs-dumb-pimp-gf Thank you for so much fun with poor Hunter, dear 😂🫶 I actually struggled heavily with my comic style, that is just forming and not fully developed 🐣 We‘ll see where it wants to go, I kind of lost a say in this 🤷🏽‍♀️😄

Enjoy context and the full previous story blissfull unforeseen art escalation here! 👀

Chaos Squad 💥 Eo sneaked AWOL again (but bringing more chaos is kind of permitted): @ghostymarni @wings-and-beskargam @lonewolflupe

It‘s Sergeant Shoulders, my dear friend @clonethirstingisreal 😎✨ your man deserves a hug 🥰

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[cc-cobalt-1043]

Letters:

*Anakin, Rex, Cobalt and Trix are on a mission and Cobalt needs Ashoka to transmit some data from one of his datapads*

Ashoka: *looking in a box* I don't see any datapads in here just letters

Cobalt: that's the wrong box put it back

Ashoka: wait Cobalt, are these letters from your wife

Cobalt:  *eyes widening in horror* don't read those letters

Ashoka: *grinning* aww she calls you blue moon that is soo cute

Cobalt: PUT DOWN THE LETTERS!

*Anakin takes the comm from him*

Anakin: hey snips

Ashoka: hey master how's the mission

Anakin: delightful...look I don't know what you're doing but there's little bubbles forming at the corners of Cobalt's mouth

Ashoka: yeah I think I crossed a line, can you put him back on

*Anakin gives Cobalt the comm*

Cobalt: I'm back

Ashoka: *smirking* what up blue moon

Cobalt: *scowling and blushing* no one calls me blue moon but Martha

[laughhardrunfastbekindsblog]

Rex: I know you work with Cody sometimes, but who do you guys report to?

Hunter: Hmm... good question. Can't say I've got an answer.

My headcanons about the reporting:

Tech writes up a full mission report after every single mission the squad completes during the Clone Wars, even though the higher ups stopped asking the squad for detailed written debriefings almost two years ago, after their first few ops.

(Echo started helping to write up the reports when he first joined the squad, only to be absolutely flabbergasted and lowkey horrified that the generals/commanders never ask for the reports, they just want to know whether a mission CF99 was assigned to ended as a success or failure.)

The reason why no one ever asks for the reports is because, after Commander Cody first called in Clone Force 99 for a tricky operation involving rescuing a dozen key hostages from an overwhelming amount of Separatist forces, Obi Wan was the one who reviewed the exceptionally professional and detailed report describing the squad of 4 clones rescuing the hostages by rappelling smack dab into the middle of the enemy forces and wiping out two entire battalions of droids (including the tactical droids) within 30 seconds with a crazy plan involving one bomb (the bomb wasn't even used on the droids themselves, it was used as a distraction), a knife, a rifle, two small mirrors, the Star Wars equivalent of duct tape, and "CT-9903's impulsive nature."

"Cody, are you sure this mission report is... accurate?" Obi Wan asks in concern.

"Yes, General. Three of the hostages corroborated the story even before the report itself came in. And CT-9902 - the one they call Tech, who writes the reports - apparently records everything, too, so I can verify..."

"No need. I ask only because I thought orders were for this to be a stealth operation."

"Right, well, the sergeant said his squad decided the most effective way to fulfill the "stealth" stipulation would be to not leave any droids operational, so the Separatists will never know exactly what happened."

Thus Obi Wan, realizing the sheer madness that would likely ensue should Anakin ever get his hands on one of these full reports - Anakin doesn't need ANY more chaotic ideas or incentive to go rogue - decides to simply record the mission outcome as "all objectives successfully met." The other generals (and, by extension, their commanders) soon pick up on Obi Wan's strategy and adopt it themselves, though for slightly different reasons (because imagine reporting that a squad using a plan called "rockslide" succeeded where a company + Jedi could not).

And so whenever Clone Force 99 is given an assignment, they are only asked in the debriefing whether said mission has been a success or failure.

(And then Cody calls in the Bad Batch for a mission that ends up involving Anakin, and Obi Wan is just sigh "I suppose this was inevitable. Yes of course this mission ended with Trench's entire fleet blowing up. No, Anakin, I will NOT recommend that Clone Force 99 be assigned strictly to the 501st. We're trying to keep the galaxy intact.")

[thatblueknight]

Do smthn abt ur kid Hunter

[lightwise]

You know what the most unrealistic thing is about The Bad Batch?

That Hunter doesn't have grey hair yet 😂

[magicandmundane]

I have this hilarious mental image of like 17-year-old Omega coming home drunk from a party on the beach, and Hunter’s asleep, but Wrecker and Crosshair are awake (Hunter tried to wait up for her, too, but he started doing that classic dad “I’m just resting my eyes” thing before the other two convinced him to go to bed lol). One look at their drunk kid, and Crosshair breaks out the vodka. He and Wrecker start doing shots so that when they inevitably wake Hunter up he’s just confused/amused rather than flipping his shit about Omega wandering home drunk in the middle of the night.

Lo and behold, he wakes up a little while later and is greeted by the sight of Omega rolling on the floor giggling about some shit like how pissed Hemlock had been when she got into his walls, Wrecker happily babbling on about fishing, and Crosshair crying about how much he loves his mom (“Crosshair, you don’t have a mom.” “Yes, I do. *sob* Where’s Echo?” “Oh my Force.”). Hunter just shakes his head and gets them all safely in bed after Crosshair gets sick.