That Was Awesome But I'm Disappointed The Zilo Didn't Eat Rampart (I Know Zilos Consume Electricity Idc)

That was awesome but I'm disappointed the Zilo didn't eat Rampart (I know Zilos consume electricity idc)

“Crosshair should get to kill Hemlock” “Hunter should get to kill Hemlock” “Omega should get to kill Hemlock”

Jennifer Corbett: Or, hear me out, family bonding

THIS. I loved that scene where he's teaching Omega how to disarm the bomb. He's a lot like RC Scorch, his personality is fun & and lovable, but when it comes to his job he's the absolute best & a complete menace.

Alright, I'm in a mood so I'm gonna make a post I've been wanting to make for a while. I'm not interested in proofreading at this time. I'm aware I've been rambling a lot lately and it will happen again!

Everyone, including myself, yaps on and on about Wrecker's emotional intelligence, which is all great and true, but I think we all need to remember he also is just...smart. I don't think we're to blame for forgetting, even the show forgot it most of the time.

I know that most of his intelligence is tied to his role as the demolitions expert, but we really need to dissect what that means and entails.

He knows everything about every type of bomb/ordinance, including how to arm and disarm them. I don't think working in explosive ordnance disposal or being an explosive engineer is easy. I just went through the wikipedia page for bomb disposal and it's a LOT. There's so many different types of tools and equipment. Can you imagine all that being translated in the Star Wars universe which 100% has more dangerous types of bombs? Other than understanding electronics in general, he also needs to know electrical engineering, math (apparently arithmetic and algebra are really important to EOD work), chemistry (esp in Star Wars, remember in TCW when that guy made Blue Shadow Virus bombs? not to mention biological warfare in general and deadly chemical reactions.), and apparently EODs need to know how to build bridges, build shelters and build roads, so he knows structural/general engineering as well.

And here's the kicker- HE HAS TO REMEMBER AND RECALL IT, TOO. Every structure of a bomb, every way to arm and disarm, he has to remember and recall it all in what we know is highly stressful environments. He has nerves of steel. He either does his job correctly, or he (and sometimes, others) are dead. There is no room, ever, for mistakes. (This is why I got so angry a few weeks ago when he forgot plan 55. He has never been shown to forget a plan/code before that, and imo, very out of character)

So it's no surprise, then, that he's somewhat of a mechanical engineer- remember when he built a hand-held tank? The show didn't! He did that within minutes while being shot at, without a back up plan. When they saw the electric staff thing on the ground of the ship with the loose Zillo, Wrecker immediately recognised it and knew what it was, so he knows other types of weapons just as easily. Even Fennec used his skill for her gain! (That sounds like a diss, it wasn't, she's my best friend)

Don't get me wrong, Tech is still easily the most intelligent, and I love him dearly, but he is not their demolitions expert. Wrecker is.

😭😭😭

It's like poetry...

... it rhymes

When Echo realizes Omega released the Zilo, I immediately thought of Hunter & Wrecker watching the walker causing chaos & guessing it was Echo. Then he goes "that's exactly what I would do" I love them so much.

just them being chaotic siblings

Sill mad that they set up Tech/Phee and then she doesn't get a scene where she deals w Tech's loss, like WTF. They needed to give her more depth.

Like the thing is what I hate most about 'happily ever after on Pabu' is Phee is barely a footnote in this season. She is the WHOLE REASON the Batch have somewhere to stay, to bring the freed clones and the Force kids and the cadet kids, and she's barely there this time.

She has less screentime than Rampart or Hemlock.

And like, yeah--I'm gonna call that bad writing. Because it is. Having black characters serve as nothing more than providing safe places for others to hang out at and otherwise removing them from their own narrative place is really awful.

A good 1/3 of the season happens on that island and she's absent for 99% of it. That's bullshit.

I just started reading Republic Commando Order 66 & Ordo Skirata is my absolute favorite. All his scenes are so unintentionally funny. Like the dude intercepts a government spy tailing Besany, roasts him for being a pervert, hacks into his system, decides he's too dangerous to be left alive, shoots him in the cab in front of her, drives her home, offers to cook her favorite meal, realizes she's in shock cause he shot a guy in front her & is like "oh you're afraid of me" I'll get you coffee instead, then decides this is the right time to propose with an insanely valuable piece of jewelry that his sergeant stole from a bank, apologizes that he can't buy her something legit cause the army doesn't pay him & says "good glad that's sorted" when she accepts. Like WTF