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Can we just,.,.accept that both Crosshair and Hunter had their reasons for doing what they did?? And honestly neither of them really did anything wrong??
Hunter left Crosshair because he tried to kill them. He didn’t understand anything about the chip, he really thought Crosshair had just lost his mind. And as soon as he learned about it and how to fix it, we immediately jumped to episode 8 where Crosshair tried to incinerate them with a jet engine. He tried to communicate that the chip was affecting him, and Crosshair didn’t care. Hunter couldn’t even get himself or Omega out of that situation unharmed. He had no way to snag Crosshair from his squadron of stormtroopers out for murder. After Bracca, Hunter was focused on getting Omega back because she’s just a kid; she isn’t with the empire, she hasn’t been chasing them down and almost killing them. From Hunter’s POV, the possibility of getting Crosshair to come with them willingly or even at all is looking bleak and even though he knows it’s not Crosshair’s fault, he’s been so overwhelmed with trying to keep the people relying on him safe and right now he doesn’t think Crosshair is relying on him. And honestly, how were they even supposed to know where Crosshair was half the time? He wasn’t on Kamino 24/7 and the Batch isn’t exactly swimming in imperial informants. But that aside, of course he was thinking about Crosshair; Hunter is loyal to a fault and you can just see the emotional pain that flashes across his face whenever Crosshair is mentioned because that’s his little brother and he couldn’t save him and he feels like he failed. Hunter never was and I don’t think ever can be indifferent when it comes to the people he loves. Whether you like it or not, Hunter was trying his best to keep everyone safe and stop running suicide missions because the galaxy was changing and he was trying to change too. He did nothing wrong.
Now Crosshair.
To all of you calling him a Nazi and saying that the animators and writers intentionally lightened his skin just to make a racist show of dominance, stop it. He was referring to their genetic enhancements being superior. That’s it. He’s always hated regs because let’s be fair the regs were never exactly good to him either (AFTERMATH). Now let’s just take a look at how the chip works shall we!! We know from Rex and Wrecker that clones know what they’re doing while under control of the chip and they’re powerless to stop themselves. So we know in Aftermath that the chip was strengthened to an insane degree, and Crosshair could still see himself taking head shots on his brothers and trying to murder them and he couldn’t stop no matter how badly he wanted to. He was powerless. And then the Batch left; at this point he probably understands that his brothers had to go. They’d regroup. They’d know this wasn’t his fault and they’d come back.
Months pass. Crosshair doesn’t know about the solemn looks the Batch exchange when he’s mentioned. Crosshair doesn’t know that they can barely get food for themselves. Crosshair doesn’t know that Wrecker has flat out said he misses him. Crosshair doesn’t know how Tech said “it doesn’t appear he’ll be needing it” with a twinge of sadness in his voice while giving Omega his comm. Crosshair doesn’t know how much Hunter hates himself for leaving and that Hunter was always planning on going back to him someday because someday he’d have the perfect plan and he could save everyone this time. How could Crosshair know?
More time passes. Crosshair probably still has his chip on but he’s still in there, watching himself become more and more important to the Empire. No rescue attempts. Not one. How awful does he have to feel?? They went to get Echo out of Skako with no backup and they didn’t even know Echo and they can’t go back for him? And here’s the Empire, giving him power and some semblance of control. Things are changing fast and now he has nobody but himself to adjust with, and besides, he’s always had an egotistical side so maybe being a commander and putting the regs in their place isn’t so bad to him after all. He’s alone. He adapts or he dies, that’s the job and that’s all he has now.
Onto Bracca!! If Crosshair is telling the truth about getting his chip out, I firmly believe it had to have been after the events of Reunion. It wouldn’t make sense otherwise; “if I wanted you dead, you would be” sweetheart giving the order to have them incinerated and starting to walk away really seems like you wanted them dead and then going from ordering Omega to be executed to telling Hunter that if he cares about her he should let her go and be safe away from them??? You can’t tell me that Bracca!Crosshair wouldn’t have dragged Omega back into the training room and killed her right there just to keep them from choosing her over him. So let’s just assume for now that Crosshair wasn’t lied to and his chip is out (I’m still holding onto a scrap of hope to the contrary because A. there’s no scar B. HE’S STILL HOLDING HIS HEAD and C. my boy isn’t making any SENSE he just killed off a bunch of Imperial stormtroopers to convince the Batch to join his Empire that he cares so much about??) it had to have happened after Bracca I said what I said idc. If the chip is out, I’m sure his head is still an absolute foggy mess because lord only knows what cranking those chips up to full strength several times will do to you, but suddenly he’s realizing that he’s still angry with them. He’s still hurt. He’s still very much alone. Maybe they never cared about him at all.
And don’t get me started on any “if he did any of this willingly he is irredeemable” garbage. How many times did Kallus almost kill the Ghost crew?? I’m sorry, was it not Kallus who ordered the Lasat genocide?? Don’t take this the wrong way, I adore Kallus and his redemption arc was one of the most beautiful things about Rebels but the point is if he can do all of those horrible things for the Empire for years and is still allowed a redemption stemming from realizing everything he thought he was fighting for was a fiction, THEN SO IS CROSSHAIR. With that side note out of the way let’s think about how alone and betrayed Crosshair feels by the Batch and let’s realize that after they left Ryloth, after they left him again, what does he want?? He wants them. He doesn’t want to kill them, he doesn’t want them imprisoned and he doesn’t want to make them pay. He wants to fight side by side with them again, he wants his brothers back. And even though he’s so beyond hope that they still care about him, heck he literally said “don’t make the same mistake twice; don’t make me your enemy” he thinks they were enemies and he still cares about them so freaking much that he went through an entire elaborate scheme to get the whole Batch on Kamino and set up the stormtroopers’ deaths to prove his loyalty that they could have if they just gave him some of their loyalty too. “Loyalty means everything to the clones” is starting to get a really bitter taste innit??
The point of this longwinded rant my friends is to beg y’all to stop being so black and white about these two. They’re both human, they both have made mistakes and have regrets, they’re both trying their best to survive in a galaxy flipped upside down. Things played out how they had to and they’re both victims of the real villain of Star Wars, who has always been Palpatine. The fact that there is so much to unpack with these two characters shows how flipping amazing the writers are!! They’re so layered and complex it’s literally like they’re real!! So please. Stop hating on them so freaking loudly. They’re my boys and they both deserve a warm hug and a nap after the season they’ve had
Hunter and Crosshair sharing a capsule is literally the ‘our get along shirt’ meme
I actually liked the last episode of season 1 of the bad batch while the angst between the brothers broke my heart i still was able to see both sides everyone had a right to be hurt but it doesn’t mean that they don’t love each other any less, no one was right and no one wasn’t wrong, it is all a complex situation all round nobody is perfect we all make mistakes but it doesn’t mean that your a bad person.
i want crosshair to be back with his brothers as much as any one but i don’t think that is in the cards right now. omega saying to crosshair that he is still her/their brother no matter what that he can come back if he ever decides to i was glad to he had a chance to hear that, and he still has a place with them if he ever choses to. palpatine already took the clones individualities and their home away from them as much as i would love for him to stay with his brothers it has to be BY HIS. CHOICE NOT BECUASE HE WAS FORCED TO.
it would not surprise me if the empire used military propaganda to lie to people and make them believe in their cause we have to people in the past believe in what the empire was doing and then seeing what they are actually like and eventually deciding to defect to the rebellion once they realised what the empire was really about and how they treated their own people.
An example of this is kallus from star wars rebels when he was on that moon with zeb orellios he took his chances with the empire instead of joining zeb and waited for the empire to pick him up.
but then we found out in a commentary i believe that he wasn’t even picked up by the empire themselves but an ordinary transport and when he eventually got back to the empire no one even noticed that he was gone which showed us that the empire didn’t want to waste their resources finding just one man which just goes to show that the empire doesn’t care about their own people.
the shot that we saw of kallus back in his quarters reminded me of the last shot we got of crosshair in the finale.
i firmly believe that there was a reason for this parallel because we all know that dave feloni loves his parallels of things we have seen in the past and that crosshair will eventually get a redemption arc in the future i just hate that we have to wait a year to find out what happens next and i for one am looking forward to what that entails.
The Bad Batch 1x16 spoilers!!
(concerning crosshair)
Guys, I strongly believe that Dave Filoni is setting up a Kallus redemption arc for Crosshair. They both made the choice not to join the Rebels, despite knowing that the Empire doesn’t care about them. Kallus took advantage of his position and became a spy for the Rebellion…who’s to say that Crosshair won’t as well?
Y’all just need to be patient…
I apologize for the bad quality
Sabine definitely met OMEGA!!!! This is Sabine’s art in Ezra’s tower from the Ahsoka series! Here we see Sabine has graffiti art of Omega’s tooka doll Lula & Jyn’s tooka Starrie. In the second picture is a 99 symbol & a tooka with Crosshairs tattoo!!!!!!! SABINE MET THE BAD BATCH!!!! 
🥺
When CT-9904, the clone that would one day become "Crosshair", was first pulled from his birthing tank, he did not cry.
This was by design.
Engineered to become a “stealth soldier”, 04's vocal cords were shaped so that he could not raise his voice above a frustrated rasp. It was often muted by his incubator.
CT-9902, who would one day adopt the moniker "Tech", was also silent, but this was always a cause for concern. When 02 was quiet, he was most likely attempting his next escape. He had kicked the latch off his first incubator. He had poked the hinges off his second. By the third, Nala Se had nowhere to put the baby escape artist.
Putting 02 in 04's incubator was supposed to be a temporary solution.
A week later, when the new, reinforced incubator arrived, she picked up 02, and found his hand locked with 04's with an iron grip.
CT-9902 cried.
CT-9904 hissed.
And so, the ever patient Nala Se left 02 where he was there. There were no more escape attempts after that.
One day, CT-9902 began to cry.
Nala Se was in the middle of calming 05 who was trying to wreck the changing table with tiny, but mighty fists.
"Omega, see to 02, please, he needs to be changed."
Omega slid off her stool and without looking up from her datapad she said. "It's 04 who needs changing."
"How do you know?" Nala Se asked.
"02 cries louder when 04 needs help."
- Excerpt from Cross and Crow (Read series on AO3)
He looks so unimpressed.
STAR WARS: THE BAD BATCH | 3.08 BAD TERRITORY
Hear me out for a second.
This just struck me, but can you imagine if the bad batch members switched bodies? it doesn’t really matter how they do, but imagine Tech being all sciencey in Wrecker’s body or Hunter being really pissed because he can’t do anything but shoot (he’d be in Crosshair’s body). Speaking of Crosshair, he’s got the short straw. He’d have to navigate missions as Omega, and basically being as cold as ever but just in the body of the sweetest little clone in existence. Echo of course wouldn’t even be affected, he’d just hold back laughter as ‘Crosshair’ (Hunter) chases Omega (who’d be in Hunter’s body) as she wreaks havoc. the real Wrecker would be in Tech’s body, and he’d probably break Tech’s goggles.
The Bad Batch's favourite ABBA songs
I don't even know what to say about this... uh, enjoy?
warnings: none if you don't count crack content
ALRIGHT, LET'S GET STARTED!!1!
Hunter:
-Though he doesn't want to admit it, he listens to ABBA religiously
- like seriously, after a mission, he used to dump his stuff on his bunk, find a secluded spot and just let the lyrics wash over him
- his brothers secretly all know how much he likes their songs, because when the others play ABBA, he just smiles to himself because he knows every lyric, but can't afford to embarrass himself.
- he loves 'why did it have to be me' but there's one that really hits home to him now with him being a buir'
-Guessed yet? it's 'slipping through my fingers' that has hunter tearing up every time
-he just imagines omega as the song plays and oh it hurts him so, so much ;-;
- he listens to it almost daily, because now he understands
https://youtu.be/hRr7qRb-7k4
Tech
. this dude LOVES 'waterloo'
. he listens to it on repeat as he works on repairs around the ship
. he points out the historical accuracies (and inaccuracies, he's tech after all)
. he even hums it to himself when he's distracted
. with the other songs, he doesn't mind them, but for tech, there's just something about songs about history ( yes that means rasputin by boney M fits that category- but that's for another time)
https://youtu.be/Sj_9CiNkkn4
Wrecker
- oh boy, where to start with wrecker
-he loves ABBA and it not shy to show it
- he just belts the lyrics wherever he wants, whenever he wants
- well, the lyrics he knows anyways
- his favourite would probably be 'super trouper'
- easiest to remember in his opinion
- but he thinks 'the winner takes it all' is too sad so he refuses to listen to it
https://youtu.be/BshxCIjNEjY
Echo
- in terms of music, echo seems like the guy who prefer calm, laid back beats to bands like ABBA
- but that couldn't be more wrong
- in his 501st days, him and fives sang to 'dancing queen' on the daily, coordinated dance moves and everything
-but now he can't really bring himself to listening to that, though he doesn't tell anyone else that
- his new favourite is 'our last summer'
- it reminds him of his 501st days without him sobbing his eyes out
- its just the right type of nostalgia for him
https://youtu.be/KoyNlVQbUPc
Crosshair:
- crosshair says he hates his brother's weird music taste
- but that's just words
- he often subtly taps his foot to some of the songs
- for others, he justs sit back and watches tech, wrecker and omega take the floor, even fake clapping for them
-but being completely honest, it's not completely fake
-but listening to that much ABBA means that he'd certainly have a preference
-namely 'the winner takes it all'
- he loves playing that one and watch wrecker go 'nononoNOnoNo TURN IT OFF it's too sad!!'
-free entertainment, really
https://youtu.be/92cwKCU8Z5c
Omega
Omega was probably unfamiliar with music, as kamino probably didn’t allow it
But that changed with the bad batch
She was introduced to ABBA by wrecker ( i know hunter wanted to, but wrecker beat him to it)
Needless to say she loves it
her favourites are ‘angeleyes’ and ‘mamma mia’
She actually sings them well ( omega can sing like an angel and i will die on that hill)
She also played ‘dancing queen’ but saw that echo was upset so she switched the song
Wrecker and omega love singing to them, and omega hums the lyrics all. The. time.
https://youtu.be/728c7L_WjxQ https://youtu.be/unfzfe8f9NI (omega gets two- she deserves it)
So those are my headcanons about the bad batch and ABBA, and they’re just a little cursed, but mostly wholesome. Idk the idea of the bad batch listening to music and actually enjoying it is the purest thing and i had so much fun writing this
Love you all xxx
The Bad Batch with dancing
this is inspired by the match-up the lovely @jt-artsandfics wrote for me, and the idea of a dancing wrecker kind of flourished into.. well, this!
warnings: none, fluff
And without further ado, LET'S GET STARTED
Hunter
-Hunter, to me at least, would strike me as the best dancer of the bunch
-but ding dong that is wrong
- once, hunter tried for an undercover mission on kantobyte
- he doesn't want to talk about it...
- his legs just do not cooperate, flailing about and crashing into his partner
-the others never let him live it down
- 'Hey hunter- i don't think your dance partner appreciated the black eye much!' to which hunter gives one of his deluxe death stares
-hunter does not enjoy dancing whatsoever, but unfortunately, omega really does
- which he doesn't get, but supports her nonetheless
- perhaps he just needs the right partner to guide him through the motions
songs that would get hunter bobbing his head: https://youtu.be/8G-XwarxyMs and https://youtu.be/xFrGuyw1V8s ( that's also a reference to my last post- the dude loves ABBA)
Tech
- prepare to be amazed..
- TECH HAS MOVES
- to him it's all patterns, so its pretty easy for him to pick up on
- he's also very light, giving him agility for some serious breakdancing
- tech favours fast pace dancing, it challenges his cognitive abilities (he repeatedly insists that)
- he tried teaching hunter and the others, in true tech fashion, but that didnt work
- he needed a new pair of goggles after that
songs that keeps tech movin' and groovin': https://youtu.be/pRpeEdMmmQ0 and https://youtu.be/cZwYpAh3bXQ ( what can say, my guy likes his fast paces)
Wrecker
- wrecker loves to dance, and is actually pretty good at it
- as a cadet, he watched some holovideos of dancers, and how quickly they maneuver, and the only thought that crossed his mind was 'huh. i can do that'
- but he needed a partner, so crosshair had to do
- wrecker learned to samba, foxtrot and jitterbug like a champ
- once he found out that tech could dance too, he was relentless
- 'tech can i dance with you???' 'no,wrecker. ' 'Awww come on please?' 'NO' ‘PLEASE, I SWEAR IM GOOD’
- Finally, tech agreed and hoo boy, that was certainly not a mistake
-They complimented each other perfectly, working like a well-oiled machine
-Wrecker also loves doing group dances, ones with minimal effort so he can do it with all of his brothers ( 🥺...i know)
- And they all do it with him, though reluctantly
songs that Wrecker really moves to: https://youtu.be/w313WejAppc (With his brothers) and https://youtu.be/HAiHEQblKeQ (with tech, specifically)
Echo
-Echo is a dad dancer and that is a hill i will die on
-When music plays on the havoc marauder, he may not be the first one dancing, but he certainly enjoys listening to it and maybe have a bit of a boogie to it ( for non brits- boogieing is dancing in a slightly awkward manner)
-He was always like that though, and the bois in the 501st were just as bad ( with exception of hardcase, fives and jesse- but not rex, he was a dad dancer no. 1)
-He doesn’t really have a preference of music to dance to
-Echo likes it all
songs that would get echo standing up and swaying:https://youtu.be/HwVnX4ZgliY and https://youtu.be/425GpjTSlS4
Crosshair
-crosshair doesn’t dance.
-At least, that’s what he wants the others to think
-In truth, him and wrecker used to watch holodances all the time
-while wrecker loved watching the partner dances, crosshair loved the ballet
-when he’s alone, he sometimes just lets himself slip into a pas de bourree, then a glissade .. the rest is classified
-He is actually a ballet nerd, he knows every term and knows exactly how to execute every move perfectly
songs that crosshair would 100% pirouette to: https://youtu.be/9cNQFB0TDfY and https://youtu.be/QxHkLdQy5f0
Omega
-Omega cannot dance, bless her heart
-does that stop her? you best bet it doesnt!
-she stumbles,trips and falls but she couldnt care less
-all that matters for her is that she has fun
-and the boys love her for that
-their faces light up when they see their little sister enjoy herself, laughing despite everything shes been through
Songs that omega loves to blast: https://youtu.be/iPUmE-tne5U and https://youtu.be/Y66j_BUCBMY
Ok so those are my bad batch dancing headcanons, i hope you liked them! Apologies for the old songs, i couldnt think of any modern songs they’d like although i’m curious to hear what you all think. Love you all and thank you for reading
xxxx
Hunter: acoustic or electric guitar.
Tech: Electric Instruments such as the Theremin. or synthesizers and Percussa AudioCubes (didn't know those were a thing) or a few jazz instruments and any kind of piano. both electric and regular violins
Wreaker: I think he would enjoy drums and all sorts of percussive instruments.
Crosshair: Saxaphone. bass guitar. Clarinet. and also an electric guitar. he and Tech would be very versatile though.
Echo: Trumpet. and other one handed instruments.
Omega: is just branching out but I think she would be able to play piano and violin. she would try to learn a little bit of what everyone else can play.
Now it's your turn!!
keep this train going with all the others
Calling all Bad Batch/Clone Wars/Rebels fans who are into their orchestral music: in a Mordern AU where the characters played orchestral instruments, what instruments would they play? I’m intrigued. 😂😂😂
well your not wrong Lol
1) This is Wrecker and Crosshair
2) I will not be taking any questions
I'll join you
the hill I will die on is that the most tragic story in star wars is the clones' story
Is it just me or does anyone else feel like Echo and Crosshair should talk more because they'd actually understand eachother really well
Idk just something about not having a choice and getting hurt by the enemy and having to adapt again and even though what happened to them was completely different I expect they could both see it from the other's perspective
Crosshair: “Struggle with depression” would seem to imply that I am bad at being depressed when I am, in fact, very proficient at being depressed.
Tech would never use the phrase “sparkling personality” so I wonder what descriptors he used for Phee come to that conclusion herself.
What stories did he tell to drag Crosshair through the mud. I must know
You know what just occurred to me?? When Crosshair said “clone force 99 died with Tech” it implies that, to him, his brothers continued to be CF 99 after HE left, but not after Tech was gone. He was a disposable part of their team, Tech was not. CF 99 could exist without Crosshair. It could not exist without Tech. And him returning did not revive CF 99, because Tech was still gone. So it wasn’t about numbers/size, it was about the people in the squad. Without Crosshair, it’s the same. But without Tech, it’s not. And I just—