Bring-backup-99 - Bad Batch Obsessed

It's been 99 days since the end.

But Crosshair is still a bit paranoid.

So I keep seeing posts about Echo and discussing his disabilities...and I keep sitting out to not "rock the boat" per se but I give up.

Here's my 2 cents (as not an amputee but) as a disabled individual who uses a wheelchair.

First of all, ppl seem to not understand there is a line between canon and au/fanon. There's nothing wrong with either side.

Canon Echo

missing legs just above knees-knees down (you dont give pants to robo-butt)

Missing right hand that is replaced by scomp

Pale like a vampire

Bald

There's nothing wrong with giving Echo a robo hand - or whisk hand or whatever for that matter. Nothing wrong with drawing him regaining colour or hair (tho I honestly think hair around those plugs are gonna hurt but that's a PERSONAL opinion not a fact). There's also nothing wrong with havinf an au where Echo doesn't blow up and lose body parts! (I have an au in my head where my legs work normally, for ex)

What is wrong is attacking others for enjoying the fandom.

Able or disabled.

While Echo CHOSE the scomp in a want to be useful (a constant problem when you go from able to not, at least in my experience) he shouldn't be forced by fandom narrative to stay with the scomp. He has the right to change his mind (canonically or fanonically) at any point just like anyone else does for any other situation.

There's tons of people irl who have different prostetics for different things. There's no reason why Echo can't have, idk, a bag of hands that have different attachments for HIS ease. Cuz that's the key here. They're to make his life better and easier. Scomp helps him do things he could do before, his work and passion. But you know what a scomp doesnt make easy? Cooking. He could have a whisk or flipper hand for cooking. That'd help him. Scomp doesnt make things like drawing or fine motor controlled activities easy. A robo-hand would. Ffs A damn fan attachment would help during a very niche relaxation, vacation event.

Now Echo NEEDS legs. And His canon legs do their jobs very well - as seen especially in s3 cuz OMFG ECHO. HOW. I could never even when my legs were normal!

I do not see how it makes sense for Echo to be missing his entire body hip down. Again, you dont put pants on a robo-butt. Maul is our prime example. I personally find it really asshole-ish to demand he canonically is this way - why take away more from him than already has been? If someone said to me "well your legs already don't work as they should, let's just cut them off" I'd lose my damn marbles. (But again, this is a my pov)

Since it keeps going around...here is the definition of Ableism.

"Discrimination in favour of able-bodied people"

The previous point works for Skin pigmentation as well - there's no CANONICAL explaination specifically stating how Echo can't ever regain colour. (My personal pov is that it's nice to see both canon pale Echo and various shades of tanning of his skin)

A character having or being given hair, is not ableist. Hair style seems to have nothing to do with Echo's disabilities (and unless disney themselves tells me it does, it does not)

Giving a disabled individual prostetics/mobility devices, fancier or lesser than what they originally had, isn't ableist. These technologies eventually break down if not having them get lost or needing to be made better to better help the individual. (I had a walker before the 2 different wheelchairs i have and then 4 different canes before the walker - for example. Needs change, items break and upgrades are needed and when they arent available? downgrades are sometimes necessary)

Ableist is saying Echo is perfectly normal, saying he doesnt need prostetics and expecting him to do what he could before without them. It's saying "I dont like this character cuz he's ya know, fucked up" or "well this character doesn't have a disability cuz they're really just fine". Ableist is demanding that someone has to remain in a state of helplessness or refuse them aid because they are disabled so they have to stay just as disabled as before. Everyone has a right to have their autonomy and to enjoy thier life - not just "normal" people.

Anyways, this is all my words on the subject - well the physical aspect...i didn't even touch the emotional side this could all have. I could go into other characters in star wars with disabilities but I feel its a mute point. Star Wars, in general, kinda takes the stance of "its okay if you're missing xyz, we'll get you a new (robo) one" Where a lot of disabilities don't feel out of norm and instead feel normal (ex: its not "oh no, honey. Don't look at her, she's got issues" and more its entirely not addressed and the individual is treated the same as someone without physical impairments)

As I said before, I keep seeing opinion pieces on this subject and/or similar subjects. However I'm unaware of any of these opinions being made by anyone who is not abled-bodied and as such, I think it was worth putting this forth to give another pov. A pov from a mobility device and a life where one's body cannoy do what it used to and deals with ableism more outings than not.

Thanks for coming to my ted talk...?

halp idk how to end this 🤣

I LOVE IT ALL!

Summer time on Pabu 🌞

What makes your heart leap? The pirate-vibes of their outfits, Hunter's man bun or the fluster on Tech's face 🥰?

Tech | The Bad Batch Happy on Pabu series

I keep seeing bigger writers/artists on Tumblr complain about not getting reblogs or how kudos and likes are garbage and comments are the only way to encourage a writer/artist.

Look, I love a comment as much as the next person. They are wonderful! But I know it’s sometimes hard to know what to say. Sometimes it feels silly to write “Loved this!” or leave a key smash, but you don’t have the mental energy to write something longer. So you leave a kudo or a like, and then you see someone on here telling you that kudos and likes are almost as bad as doing nothing. And that makes you even less interested in interacting with someone’s work.

But let me tell you, I am small fry and, yes, I love a comment or a reblog, but I absolutely also love a kudo and a like.

“Someone read my smut and liked it! Yay!” I know who leaves me regular kudos on AO3. I love knowing I have regular readers! It’s great encouragement!

In the end, I guess this is an appreciation post for anyone who reads fic (my fic or someone else’s) and interacts with it in someway.

You are cherished. At least by me.

❤️❤️❤️

#artists

Got the sudden urge to draw Wrecker, so here you go! Referenced the pose from a screenshot of the show.