SOMEONE PLEASE DRAW HER AND ALL HER BROTHERS CRYING IN THEIR OWN WAY!!!! Pretty please please please š¤š
I would like to thank the @bad-batch-week discord for giving me the promptĀ āwhat the batchers would do if they werenāt soldiersā, that led me to this.Ā
Crosshair: Now Cross absolutely will not let anyone see that heās crying. But he is. Sheās just so darn adorable and he canāt cope. Heās so proud of his vodāika, she was so nervous and took some coaxing to do this, and sheās doing so great.Ā
Wrecker: Standing. Ovations. Every scene Wrecker is on his feet or letting everyone know thatās his little sister! Crosshair and Tech remind him to save the cheering and applause to the end of the show. Heās so proud he could burst, the tears are flowing, and he whispers to remind his brothers of this every five minutes.Ā
Tech: Omegaās performance is so profound itās moved him to tears, and heās not afraid to show it. Out of all of them, he was the least bothered about seeing this school play, but heās come out of it a changed man. Truly inspired. Is in charge of filming because Echo is crying too hard.Ā
Echo: The proudest of moms. Was so sure he could stay composed but the moment that girl skips onstage heās gone. Immediately hands the phone for Tech to film because his hands are shaking too much. Scolds Wrecker for the constant standing ovations but secretly wants to do the same. He and Hunter spend most of the show holding onto each other, crying.
Hunter: Utter crying wreck. This man is a mess. He loses his composure the moment she comes onstage. Thatās his vodāika! She waves at him excitedly from the stage and he gives her thumbs up. Everytime she catches his eye, its a thumbs up. He needs a nap after the show because heās so exhausted from crying. Spends most of the show crying on Echo.
Omega: is literally playing a tree. But sheās having the best time.
- The video of Omegaās performance is a whole mess. Tech is filming, but Crosshair thinks he could do it better. They show the video to Cid and realise it is mainly Crosshair and Tech aggressively whisper-arguing, Wrecker cheering, and Hunter and Echo could be heard sobbing in the background. (this one is inspired by @writegowriteās contribution to this thread).Ā
- Omega gets a louder cheer for playing a tree, than the kids playing the main parts. The Bad Batch have NO shame. Some find it adorable, though.
- They absolutely pick Omega up after the show and give her flowers, and celebrate with lemonadeĀ āchampagneā.Ā
- If Omega falls over during the show, they all have to pin Hunter down before he dives onstage. Omega never loses her cool, though. She owns it, strikes a pose and gets right back on her feet. (another great idea from @writegowrite )
- If Omega has a singing solo, itās over. The five of them are on the floor in a big crying heap.
Crosshair & Omega in somewhere like S4...
ANYTHING WITH OMEGA ESPECIALLY BEING THE MAIN ISH PERSON BUT ALSO HAVING CROSS TOO IS EVERYTHING!!!! So incredibly happy to have found this!!! Although, RIGHT AFTER a seizure and now migraine SO HOPEFULLY I donāt lose this (not sure if this saves anywhere??? Iām sorry if I sound stupid at all)ā¦. IF Fives was in this OMG YOU COULDNT GET ME TO STOP LMAO
Chapters: 3/? Fandom: Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon), Star Wars - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: CT-9904 | Crosshair & Omega (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Omega & Emerie Karr (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Omega & Tech (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), CT-9904 | Crosshair & Clone Trooper Tech, Phee Genoa/Clone Trooper Tech Characters: Omega (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Crosshair (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Tech (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Emerie Karr (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Royce Hemlock (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Hunter (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Wrecker (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo, Phee Genoa, Minor Characters Additional Tags: Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon) Season/Series 02 Spoilers, spoilers for the finale (ep 15 & 16), Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Crosshair Needs a Hug (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Omega Needs a Hug (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Tech Needs a Hug (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Angst and Tragedy, Angst with a Happy Ending, hemlock is CREEPY, Kaminoans Being Assholes (Star Wars), fuck nala se, im coping, Clone Trooper Tech Lives (Star Wars), how is that already a tag, Flashbacks, baby clones :), Imprisonment, Human Experimentation, im giving Emerie a backstory, Medical Trauma, Aftermath of Torture, this is self indulgent, no clue what i'm going to do with this, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Medical Inaccuracies, Phee Genoa Needs a Hug (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Hunter Needs A Hug (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), They all need hugs, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Suicidal Thoughts Summary:
Omega waits for Hunter. A lot happens in the meantime.
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SPOILERS FOR EPISODES 15 & 16 OF TBB S2!
My heart was literally pounding when I watched this scene. I was so scared one of them was going to die!! š
I loved how determined Omega was saving Crosshair!
She didnāt give up!!
She didnāt leave him and wait for the bad batch to come; she rescued Crosshair!!
She was determined to save her brother!! š
Also, Crosshair looked so panicked and it made me even more terrified for him! š„ŗš°
Plus, Omega has good aim to shoot from the surface into the water. Just like Crosshair when he saved her and Azi later on.šš»šš»
All Iām going to say is- Iām not mad at anybody this episode.
I think everybody had the right to do what they did, and this is coming from a huge Hunter stan.
The batch gave Crosshair the chance, I donāt want people to forget that, I know they werenāt persistent, but it still happened, they still offered him the chance to join them, for them to be whole again.
But Cross didnāt want that- or at least he thinks he doesnāt want that, but right now thereās nothing he can do, if his chip is still intact (which I believe it is from the lack of scar and the holding his head) then he still believes in loyalty to the empire! He canāt help it, but thatās what he chose. Equally the batch canāt do anything about that right now, in order to keep one another safe, they canāt wait around for scouts to find them.
Stunning Crosshair wouldāve taken away his right to his own choice, that wouldāve caused more issues than necessary.
Hunter is still doing what is best for his squad, and we need to take Wrecker and Tech into this too. They have every right to be hurt. Iāve never thought about it this way, but theyāre right, I know the batch didnāt go back for Cross (and Iām still mad at them for it), but Cross didnāt seek them out either, and he probably had the resources to do so more than they did!
I just- I donāt want to see slander towards any of them. They all have their reasonings right now. It sucks that theyāre not together again, but itās going to set up for an amazing season 2, I know it will. Hunter is protecting who he can, he gave Crosshair the choice to be one of those people, Crosshair declined. That isnāt Hunterās fault.
Equally it isnāt Crossās fault, with how heās been treated I donāt blame him, but itās not Hunterās fault, and I donāt want to see any backlash towards either of them.
LMFAO love Chop probably my favorite droid!
If I see one more thing villainizing Crosshair for everything heās doing while literally being mind controlled it is ON SIGHT
Yes this big bad villain who WANTS to gun down his SQUAD, the only people that ever accepted him for the SNARK that he is, when you can see so many times how soft he is with them
āRelax, Wrecker. Youāll top him next time.ā āNo he wonāt.ā
After one upping Wrecker he clearly is having fun teasing him. You can hear the grin on his face. He loves being with them even though heād probably rather die than admit it.
āBut OP!ā You might say. āOP, he hates regs! He antagonized CAPTAIN FREAKING REX how can you say this??ā Now Iām not one to ever tolerate someone smack talking regs and certainly not Rex. But Iām gonna surprise yāall, he was justified. Yeah he was extremely harsh and was absolutely gunning for Rexās buttons, but A. He just said what literally everyone else on that mission was thinking (that maybe Rex was getting too emotionally involved) and B. We see from Aftermath that many regs honestly treated TBB like GARBAGE. Of course Crosshair wouldnāt find it worthwhile to go out of his way to help one.
We jump straight from Rex literally DECKING him (valid on Rexās part) over Echo to CROSSHAIR PROTECTIVELY PUTTING HIS HAND ON ECHOāS SHOULDER TO STEADY HIM. Why would it matter to let one more reg fall to his death? Because Crosshair isnāt the emotionless, heartless, and callous soldier he spends all of his time convincing everyone he is.
To everyone saying heās not pulling his shots in the recent episode, I rewatched every episode he was in back to back. He did not miss once. Not a single time. And now suddenly heās missing shots on Tech and Hunter? Twice? Sounds like heās fighting the chip if you ask me. Just like Rex did when he told Ahsoka to find Fives; itās possible to get bits of himself through the cracks, if only for a split second before heās gone again.
And Iām ending this with the gif of when Hunter invites Echo to be a Bad Batcher. Despite Crosshairās obvious distaste for regs, he clearly has no problem following Hunterās lead and accepting someone new into their very niche squad. He never questioned Hunter on anything that we saw, and I doubt he did very much prior to Order 66 judging by Hunterās horror at Crosshairās lack of acknowledgment on Kaller. He is not a villain. Heās yet another clone that never deserved the life he was constructed for, another clone with no agency or choice. I will die on this hill
Love this and all Crosshair and Omega Fanfictions!!!! Really wish there was more Fanfictions out there of these two!!! So not fair that people are not doing them for this amazing pairing!
(ā: tis done
https://archiveofourown.org/works/33854569
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This hurts more than it should because he wasnāt my favorite character in TCW for some reason but in TBB I felt more of a connection to him! I think it has a lot to do with Omega, their connection even if itās not blatantly obvious to most, ļæ¼and how she NEVER gives up on Crosshair and seems to be the only one to sense his suffering. (More reasons but Iām sure no one wants to read a long post from me lol)
Not saying the other batchers arenāt suffering but Cross literally thinks he was replaced by his brothers by their little sister who they didnāt even know existed. As well as it seems like Omega has done more in this entire series for Crosshair than the whole batch has! I love anything with Crosshair and Omega!!!! Wish I could find more fan art, fanfictions etc.
They had to make the less talkative man with the rough personality into the villain. They could have showed that despite his coldness he's just as important part of the family as anyone else. They could have showed what made him behave this way.
He barely got any screentime. How could we understand his feelings if we don't even seen him?
His brothers didn't even try to save him while they thought he was only with the empire because of the chip. This pushed Crosshair toward the empire, even without his chip...
Crosshair was alone. We didn't see him smile once. He didn't have any wholesome moments, he didn't get to be there when Omega first saw hyperspace or try out Mantell mix.
He was broken more and more with each episode he appeared in. His eyes only got sadder and he became someone else during this season. This is not the lighthearted Crosshair who plays with Wrecker and has sarcastic comments. That Crosshair is gone. This season broke him.