Two Government Issued Werewolves for your evening :D!
Wolffe: looks between Omega and Rex with a stern look
Rex: ….
Wolffe: Rex, who did you fuck?
Rex: W-WHAT?!?!
Wolffe: Did I stutter?
Rex: ….I-
Wolffe: CT-7567. Who. Did. You. Fuck?
Rex: I didn’t-
Wolffe: We TALKED about this! You should ALWAYS use protection! Are you paying child support? Does her mother know about you taking her on dangerous missions? Is her mother still around? Are you a single father? WHO DID YOU FUCK REX?!?!
Rex: Who is still a virgin because he was too busy and dedicated to his job, and too much of a socially awkward penguin to bang anyone. I DIDN’T- SHE’S NOT MINE! SHE’S HIS! points to Hunter
Wolffe: Grabs Rex by the collar Don’t you dare lie to me you little shit!
Wolffe and Rex continue this back and forth while Gregor and Echo are laughing their asses off, Hunter is barely holding in his laughter.
Omega: I like Wolffe, he’s funny!
As an artist and fan who focuses mainly on child characters, this is particularly horrifying. It’s not fucking funny to exploit real children’s tragic situations because you have problems with someone else’s fandom. I will be keeping my asks open to report these jackasses if this happens (God willing it won’t). I will also do my best to publish a list of accounts as I see them for those of you with asks off to report and block if you want to. I will be sure to put them under a cut so nobody who doesn’t want to engage in this shit has to see them.
I apologize for my language. I know I’m usually a pretty pg account. But I want people to understand the severity of this shit. Fight back if you have the mental capacity. Please stay safe if you don’t.
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Also, am I crazy, or was there a way to blur or hide all images until you click them in your tumblr settings? Or is that a Facebook thing?
Hello dear!
Sorry for bothering you, but it's important to remind you to turn off your asks for a few days! Bad things are going to happen on Tumblr soon...
Don t know anything about this but BETTER BE SAFE EVERYBODY!!!!!!
Ur honor, they’d be besties
The commando is @roadwrecks oc Faun. As a fellow biology nut, I fell in love the moment I saw him! He’s a spec ops sniper, but I imagine he’d much rather be crawling over a boulder field looking for little critters to make friends with <333 you can learn more about him here
If he ever met my field ecologist Ris Sirpe, I’m convinced they’d be the best of buds!
Ris wants nothing more than to disappear into wild space and never look back, but unfortunately the Republic provides her funding, so she has to come back to civilization every few months to report what she’s found. She loves all things living, but there’s a special place in her heart for plants!
What kind of flowers would you like, love? Perhaps red and pink carnations for the ache of your devoted, but now trampled heart?
Anybody else remember that scene where Hunter teared up as Hemlock took Omega in season 2?
I won’t lie, it actually scares me a little how so many fans of this show think Omega is an annoying, whiny, helpless character. Are… we watching the same show? The one about the abused little girl and her family trying to hold itself together while every force in the galaxy seems determined to tear them apart? When you were 13, would you have been prepared to deal with the trauma of being kidnapped multiple times? Watch two of your older brothers try to murder your family on multiple occasions? See the town you grew up in, presumably with everyone still inside, razed to the ground? Have to say goodbye to one of the most trusted people in your life for an uncertain amount of time? Have your home and everything in it stolen from you? See your older brother freaking die in front of your eyes??
I don’t know about y’all, but when I was thirteen, the biggest threat I had to face was the fact that my mom kept packing me raisins in my lunch (gross), and trying to impress the cool rebel girl in my class who I wanted to be friends with.
Have a little compassion.
I’ve been the archer, i’ve been the prey
Tell me, could ever leave me darling?
But who could stay?
Can we talk about omega’s characterisation in the latest episode and how she’s reacting to change around her because omg.
it reminded me of the bracca arc in season 1 where she warned hunter about the chip surgery, saying ”then i’ll be left here, with no one” and it CLEARLY shows that being abandoned /left alone is her absolute worst fear (hence why she wanted to leave kamino w tbb so badly) and in the span of the same few months she witnessed crosshair leaving, echo leaving, and the marauder, her home, where she had her very first own room, stolen—and it made me realise, that in her eyes, her worst fear is slowly coming true. Bit by bit, she’s scared the batch will eventually leave her. I’ve seen people call her ”whiny” or even ”annoying” this episode, but that’s not nearly the case.
She’s not whiny. She’s terrified.
This is fantastic!! You can learn so much about someone from looking at how they treat their personal space. I had the most thoughts about Crosshair here, so he’s the only one I’m gonna analyze, but I have thoughts about all of them XD
Crosshair is all about control. Not control outside himself, as with Hunter, but self control. The way he interacts with people and with objects is painstakingly crafted to give off the exact impression he wants: collected superiority to outsiders, cool emotional distance to his brothers, and affection only on his terms. He’s walled off his bunk and given himself a safe space in which to repair that control when it slips, or maybe to hide when he’s lost it entirely.
And I think it’s also important to note Crosshair’s bunk placement in relation to the others. He is between Echo and Wrecker, and the furthest away from Hunter. We know that he and Wrecker’s relationship is pretty affectionate: they play games, rough-house, and Crosshair is very conscious of what Wrecker does and does not understand. He is often the first one to explain something to the big guy, and we have yet to see him say something that would confuse him. I think Crosshair is the most comfortable with Wrecker than he is with any other member of the Batch. And I think the reason for this is because of Wrecker’s authenticity. He is never ashamed to be himself and he wears his heart in his sleeve at all times. A part of me thinks Crosshair might admire Wrecker for that. I believe he also feels more protective of him because of it, because if his brother won’t protect his heart, Crosshair sure as hell will. It’s comfortable for him because it’s his assigned role. He is the sniper: the guy who watches over the battlefield and protects his brothers from threats they can’t see.
I have more thoughts about Echo and Hunter’s room placement, but they’re less coherent.
So we first see their barracks in TBB Episode 1.
I'd like to break down each sleeping area and what I think this says about it's residents. Echo also makes a comment about the smell but, frankly, I don't want to know, so we'll leave that out.
I also want to ad that I love this show and the characters, so any snark here is not ill-willed on my part.
(The majority of the images here are concept art by Jason Pichon, with a smattering of screenshots plus one epic official artwork. I'm largely using these as the basis for my wild speculations.)
Let's begin clockwise starting from the door.
His bunk is neat. Sheets folded. No mess. There is a chest/locker with Clone Force 99's logo on it and "Hunter" written in Aurebesh.
The above is neat, uncomplicated and says military and we know that Hunter takes his job seriously. And outwardly Hunger is all business.
There is what looks like a ?canteen? on the shelf plus some medals - which is interesting as Hunter and Co. decline Rex's offer of coming with them at the end of their arc in The Clone Wars Series 7, because accolades aren't their thing. But he's kept these. If anyone can shed some light here please do.
Hunter does have his team's insignia painted on the wall by his bunk however, and this is a nice little insight into his psyche. Because having his team's crest where he sleeps and where he rests is quite lovely when you think about it. This is the first thing he wants to see when he wakes.
If we have a sneak peek inside his locker, courtesy of Omega's snooping, we also see that he has a photograph of his team, Echo included. Which I think is wonderful. He views Echo as one of them even though Echo has been with the Batch for a relatively small amount of time.
And is this something Hunter takes with him on missions? (My heart)
Tech's bunk is next to Hunter's and we can see it's a chaotic, messy -but not unclean- place. But it obviously the disorder here makes sense to him.
How would he even sleep in this? But this points towards the fact that Tech's approach to rest is a little different.
Where he is comfortable is where he is working or letting his mind wanter to different experiments and projects. If we're honest he's always going to be the smartest man in the room and when you're working on a purely hypothetical and theoretical level perhaps what you crave is mental stimulation? And this is what Tech's sleeping space shows us.
When he relaxes he doesn't necessarily shut off, but he uses these tasks to relax his mind. I assume he sleeps at some point.
He's done a bit of rewiring and hasn't bothered to put it away; clearly tidying wasn't important.
There look like equations and diagrams of projects Tech is working on and these projects might be what are spread around the room - see the thing on the table he tinkers with in this episode.
To me this is almost like Tech extending the field of his personal space and he claims most of the surface area on the room. I'm reading into this as, as much as he is on another planet with his intellect he wants to at least orbit his brothers.
See how he also called the Havoc HIS ship in espisode 4; Tech takes up space like a cat - any space occupied by him is one he will fill.
And I love how it's messy as hell, actually.
Well, he doesn't have a bunk as the barracks were only outfitted for 4 clones. However we can see a hammock rigged up between Tech's bunk and the window.
I've seen lots of complaints about this, so let me just say: the rest of the Batch didn't have to make him a bed, but they did.
They could have just given him that sofa/bench thing, as presumably they'd be out on missions more often than not and stays back on Kamino would be brief, but they have made him somewhere to sleep.
It's in a quiet corner by the window with a view of the sky. Imagine you're Echo and you've been trapped in that ordeal for all that time, stuck wired in to that tank; you'd want to see the sky too.
It might not be perfect, but it's cozy. A hammock would support him as he slept. It would also bundle him up and give him a little bit of privacy if he needed some space and alone time, rather than him going into an open sided bunk.
It's also fairly common for people serving in the armed forces to sleep in hammocks (source: my dad, uncles, grandfathers - you get the gist?) so this wouldn't be an out of the ordinary experience for Echo. This is some semblance of the familiar for him.
Plus he's close to Tech. And I wonder if this tells us a little about their relationship?
Tech is the one who carried Echo through that vertical shaft / duct during the Skako Minor rescue. They often grump and snark at each other but non-aggressively, the same sort of way that family members often bicker.
Also Tech would be close by if Echo needed any help with his prosthetics/cybernetics.
And he's interesting. If we look at his bunk, it's the only one with crates stacked directly in front of and to the side of it, like a wall:
It's almost like Crosshair has made a partition here to define the boundaries of His Bunk, given himself a modicum of privacy and tried to preserve some semblance of personal space here.
Which I think is fitting as he would be the hardest one to reach. He is aloof and apart by preference but I'm also reading an element of vulnerability here.
I think of this being bit like the opposite of Tech's bunk: Tech spreads out whereas Crosshair contains.
But his metaphorical distance doesn't stop him from some elements of personalisation, namely decorating his bunk with targets from the firing range. I wonder if these were from training sessions that he enjoyed, or shots that he deemed good? But I do know that the centre poster has bullet holes that make out the letter "C" in Aurebesh.
Yes. MF shot his initial in target practice. Yes he did. Because as aloof as Crosshair is, he's been better than you since 32 BBY and he wants you to know it.
His spare blacks are also folded, similar to Hunter's - we can read into this as someone who likes things precise and in their place.
This is a mirror for his demeanor too. His marksmanship is sharp, he is direct without preamble and even his speech is deliberate and precise.
And oh where to start. My boy has probably the messiest bunk (and I'm including Tech's in this) with food bowls, ?fruits? and his blanket strewn haphazardly.
There are weights nearby and we know that Wrecker enjoys working out (see him powerlifting Gonky, the Batch's GNK droid aboard the Havoc Marauder).
He also has his spare blacks hung up across a cable he's rigged to the ceiling of his bunk. This says "I need space but I'm not too bothered about aesthetics", suggesting that he's not much fussed by other's impressions.
He's a simple man and this is a simple expedient. He's a guy who's not fussy where he crashes and this also suggests someone who is fairly carefree.
And we know this is who Wrecker is at heart. His voice actor calls him a simple guy with "not a lot of clouds in that sky". There is no façade with Wrecker - what you get is what you see.
Also, the Batch's "wins Vs losses" board, carved into the wall is closest to Wrecker's bunk and I think he is the one who most enjoys adding to this.
When the Elite Squad move in, is it just me or is it brighter in there?
I can't help but wonder if -most likely- Tech did something to dim the lights so they wouldn't affect Hunter's heightened senses so much...
Now the batch have gone, the room has been stripped, tidied, and restored to default settings.
(Crap, I just made myself feel sad.)
This art work is from the official Instagram.
Over all I love the level of detail here and I love how much effort the animators put into creating this space.
I really think it showcases each Batcher's personality, foibles and quirks, how they treat this space and how they all fit l together - and they do! These men are so drastically different and you wouldn't expect them to coexist comfortably but they compliment and balance each other very well.
🖤❤️🖤
They’re all finished!!!
I’ve also linked the png images w/o backgrounds so y’all can make Discord emoji’s for yourselves with them too!!
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Have fun with em!!!
You tell him kid
Okay okay… so what I’m gettin from this is: nematodes and fungi are mostly uninteresting, but human body facts are.
I’ll be sure to tailor to your tastes next time :)
HIII!!!
I have more horrifying biology to share, if you’re interested? Today’s fun facts involve fungi and nematodes, so if anyone is squeamish about creepy mushrooms doing creepy things, or lots of little bugs everywhere, they should look away now
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Everyone who doesn’t wanna know gone? Good!!
oKAY SO
The world is covered in woerms. Nematodes are a phylum of animals that live in the earth’s topsoil, rivers, lakes, oceans and seabeds. They’re EVERYWHERE!! They’re even in the polar regions!!! These lil suckers’ estimated biomass is about 4/5ths of all humans on earth. And these are microscopic little worms! Nematodes are a pretty important kind of critter because they’re decomposers, so they cycle nutrients back into food webs by consuming dead things. They’re also parasites and predators. They wear a lot of different hats! So cool!!
But nematodes aren’t the star of today’s show. Let me introduce you to the nematophageous fungi: fungi that actively hunt nematodes! Similar to predatory plants like the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) and the sundews (Drosera genus) these fungi set traps for our wormy little friends. But these fungi take it a step further than the plants do, and here’s the part that’s disturbing: instead of luring their prey in with a sweet-smelling promise of calories, the fungi eavesdrop on the chemical communicators that nematodes use to talk to one-another and set their traps in areas of high comms traffic. The fungi are stalking their prey. HOW FREAKING COOL IS THAT???? A living thing that is not an animal and has no central intelligence actively stalks prey!!!
AUGH I just can’t get over it!!!
So anyway, the fungi build three different kinds of nematode trap: your classic tree-spring noose, a glue trap, and an even scarier glue trap. Hyphal rings are a kind of hyphae (essentially the fungus’ body: think plant roots but if the plant is the roots) that end in a loop. When a nematode wriggles on through, the fungus pushes water into the hyphal ring, causing it to swell shut around the worm. Then the fungus pierces the nematode’s cuticle (it’s skin, but woerm skin) with its hyphae and eats the worm from the inside. Yum!!
Adhesive hyphae are exactly what they sound like: sticky mushroom fingers!!! These hyphae grow nodes or form nets that secrete a glue when they sense a tasty treat. The nematode gets stuck and the fungus can pierce it’s cuticle and eat the worm at its leisure.
The last kind of trap is exactly the same as the sticky fingers, but it adds a nematotoxic chemical to the glue, which poisons the unfortunate wormie so it doesn’t struggle and damage the fungus when it’s caught. It’s the same concept as venomous predators which envenomate prey so they don’t have to hold onto an animal fighting for its life.
I hope you’re having a lovely day, and I hope this knowledge brings a smile to your face the same way it does for me!! Actually… I squealed and wiggled with excitement when I first learned about these guys, so maybe don’t. That might be a bit embarrassing, since we all know Echo is Always Watching.
You can learn more about nematophageous fungi here and here!!
It appears that @imperial-strategist infiltrated my personal communication channel and took it upon himself, alongside his "assistant," to discuss these items with you whilst I was busy with my research.
Since they are such experts on the subject matter, I will leave this in their capable hands. Far be it from me to interrupt.
I’ll tell you about my ocs if you tell me about yours, op!! I’d love to see what you’ve been working on!
Hey, can y’all rb this if it’s okay to send you messages asking about your ocs, cause on god I wanna interact with y’all but I am terrified of being annoying lol
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