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What if we never get to see the five of them together again?
After TBB panel today, a little bit of hope died in me that Tech might still be alive. But with S3 being the last one, I can’t stand the thought of not getting to see the whole squad back together again. As far as I’m concerned, no ending will be acceptable except for an ending in which they are all present and alive. And final season or not, without Tech there is no show.
Once again The Bad Batch is getting pushed aside in favor of all of the other SW shows Disney is mass-producing. Season 2 originally had a 2022 release, several of them actually. But it just kept getting pushed further and further until finally it ended up coming out in 2023. It’s my firm belief it got delayed like that because of the many other major SW series that were released last year.
The result: Had we gotten S2 last year when it was promised to us, S3 would have been coming out this year, not 2024. I couldn’t possibly be content with a 2024 release date when we should have been getting the 3rd season this year. It’s honestly an outrage, especially since I’m sure the production is already complete.
After how long we had to wait for S2, I don’t feel like it was asking too much to have gotten S3 earlier.
And to add insult to injury, we don’t even know if it’s coming out in January or if we have to wait further into next year. The very least they could have done was given us an actual release date.
I'm fine 😊 I am so perfectly fine just like my husband Rex 😘🤭
REX GIRLIES HOW ARE WE DOING????
I'm not really good at drawing kids because I've never drawn them, but they seemed to turn out okay.
In general, I'm glad that this lady was part of the story and not an extra, because she had a lot of contact with the central characters.
I felt sorry for the kids and I don't think I need to tell you how I yelled when I saw them as test subjects. All in all, I was tired, but basically satisfied with the work.
Inspired by episode 4 of season 3.
Drop whatever you're doing and go read this incredible piece by @eclec-tech - trust me, you will not regret it! @photogirl894 just shared this in the discord server and we are all rolling on the floor over it. It's a quick read and it's so funny!
Crosshair didn’t want to believe it the moment he stepped inside the Marauder. When Omega told him of Plan 99 during their time on Tantiss, and with Tech not making it…he refused to believe her.
There was no way his vod’ika, who always had a brilliant idea for every situation they went through was just…gone. Just like that. Crosshair can hear Tech’s voice echoing in his head, one that would haunt him for the rest of his life as Crosshair felt himself beginning to crack.
A little late posting this but here’s Crosshair!
I still can’t get over the fact with that thing around his head looking like a toilet seat! 🤣🤣🤣 I need to draw more of Omega and Crosshair content, those two are such an iconic duo!
Yesss! We DO miss you Crosshair! When is Season 3 even going to come out already? 😩
Yes Crosshair we missed you! We need you to come baaaack!
You’re making us TBB fans cry! 😭😭😭
Imagine the bad batch in a Miss Congeniality type situation
What do you think was the first little spat that Tech and Echo had, I have my theories but I’m curious 👀
So anyways, I’m still not over Tech
Well NOW I DO
Do you think Hunter, Wrecker, Echo and Crosshair ever think about how the first mission given to the them by the empire was to kill Saw and they didn't because they knew it was wrong and valued human life, only for Saw to not see their lives the same and be fine with Tech being his collateral damage?
Omega growing out of her “sweet happy-go-lucky child” phase and into her “moody emotional teenager” phase would be quite the upheaval in the Bad Batch household, because Hunter is probably devastated and emotional and a little scared about it all because that’s his little girl, but Crosshair just smirks and buys a pack of extra crunchy toothpicks because his time has come.
Let's be real here for a second:
The first thing he did when he got out of cryo was taking them through the cooling vents and across a foot-wide space PVC pipe a thousand feet in the air to escape.
They didn't even make it all the way to "jump without question onto a semi-wild flying animal's back" before the Batch was making plans to keep Echo for themselves.
“I’d say he’s more bark than bite, but he shoots things for a living. So.”
—Echo, about Crosshair, at some point probably
Omega gives me “Dancing Queen” vibes
Hunter chatting up Crosshair during a break, one of his dumb jokes even gets the man to smile for a second
This is kinda dumb lol because I literally know that these men are all just copy paste, but sometimes I see GIFs of members of TBB and am just struck by how similar they look to each other.
Like, since they all look unique because of their enhancements and hair and style, I don’t necessarily look right at them and see them as identical like with the other clones. But sometimes Hunter will smirk and he just looks so much like Crosshair, or Tech’s eyes will widen and he looks just like Wrecker, or Wrecker will glare and he looks just like Hunter…it’s just like, fantastic. These animators could solve world peace
I’ve seen different headcanons about why Crosshair has silver hair, and I think most of them involve something with his advanced aging gene. I feel like Crosshair would be super sensitive about it, like to him it’s a sign that even his defects are defective, and he’s constantly worried that the aging issue will affect the rest of him and not just his hair. And I feel like maybe the others are aware of this, so one day they sneak a bunch of posters of celebrities with silver hair who people still find incredibly cool and attractive into their room and start dropping hints like “man that guy looks cool, I wish my hair would do that” and “dang I’ll be lucky if I even HAVE hair when I age” and Crosshair will never admit it, but it makes him feel like, way cool. And a lot, lot better about his hair
This thought came to me at work today, but what if at one point the Marauder kept having issues with its navigation system or something?? And Hunter kept filing reports for it, but since he’s kinda lazy when it comes to reporting he just writes “tech issues” and hits submit
And then one day he gets a call from Cody, and Cody is like, “hey, uh…is Tech okay??” And Hunter’s like, what do you mean. And then Cody produces three months’ worth of reports that say “tech issues” and goes, “Well, apparently, he’s having problems…”
Crosshair never lets him live it down
How many of Crosshair’s instructors do you think he shot. Like, not accidentally
Hunter wasn’t jealous watching Omega chew on a toothpick just like Crosshair. He just knew her sarcastic potential and was terrified that Crosshair would turn her into his evil, sassy prodigy, and he only has the mental capacity to deal with one of those in his squad
Hi friends, could I have some TBB fanfic recs???
I love cute little domestic ones, and stories about the shenanigans they got up to during their down time. Also, missions from before Kaller happened (before or after Echo, either is fantastic)
I’m going on a long trip and I need stories to hold me over XD
I love the implication in TCW S7 that the other clones have heard about CF99, but it’s all just rumors, random pieces of gossip and information. Because with an army of that size, information is bound to get distorted, especially when it comes to an elite force like The Bad Batch. An elite squad of clones that performs special and black ops missions with a 100% success rate?? Are you sure?? I heard that…
And even better, I bet the batch encourages all of the rumors and even spreads some themselves. Those droids that were ripped to pieces?? Yeah, Hunter did that with his teeth. Crosshair? One time he took out an entire legion of droids from twelve kliks away in the dark and the seppies didn’t even know until morning. Wrecker once rigged a chain reaction explosion so masterfully that it blew up an entire tectonic plate on the volcanic planet they were on. And the only reason Tech hasn’t hacked into every Separatist database on the galaxy and destroyed them on the inside from his datapad is because he’s too busy saving entire star systems with piloting skills that rival Anakin Skywalker’s.
I bet Tech created a group chat with the rest of the squad and Phee, and that’s the moment when Hunter and Wrecker knew something was up
Tech made the excuse of it being a good idea “because she may have more work opportunities for us in the future, and has proven to be a reliable ally” and “Omega seems to have taken a liking to her, and it would benefit her to stay in touch with her friends across the galaxy when possible” but Hunter and Wrecker just glanced at each other and smirked a little bit and then Tech spent the next forty five minutes trying to prevent Wrecker from sending “hey Phee, Tech thinks you’re pretty” into the group chat
Do you think Hunter, Wrecker, Crosshair, and Tech understand how attractive they are
Like, it took Phee all of three seconds to look at Tech’s eyes and be like “wowwwww”
Was that a common occurrence?? Did the boys get hit on frequently on their adventures?
I mean with the number of seedy places they’ve been to, you can’t tell me that not a SINGLE person looked at Hunter and was like “ooooooh.” You can’t tell me someone on Pabu didn’t see Crosshair’s five o’clock shadow and drool a little. You can’t tell me somebody didn’t just GAWK at Wrecker’s muscles and brilliant smile for like five minutes straight. You can’t tell me Phee was the only one who noticed Tech’s pretty eyes (and the fact that the man is literally BUILT).