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a symbol of grief

a symbol of love

"What is grief if not love persevering?"

Hunter was right.

"We'll survive. But you won't."

It's kind of a funny parallel when you think about how in the finale they really got captured for nothing. Like if they had just waited for Echo, they could have escaped just fine.

"I guess now you'll have to look up at me."

"I've always looked up to you, kid."

I finally rewatched the Bad Batch finale yesterday - it was actually a lot easier to watch the second time through when I wasn't hoping for/dreading a CX2 = Tech reveal. Still cried buckets over the finale.

I LOVE the fact that Hunter and Crosshair worked together to save Omega, the one who had brought them back together and given them a common goal.

But, given the perspective of CX2 being a "shadow" of Crosshair, I also find it fascinating that Hunter is the one who struck the final blow against CX2.

Hunter and Crosshair were at odds as soon as Order 66 came through. Despite Hunter telling Crosshair they could part ways without being enemies, it is clear there was still plenty of hurt and betrayed feelings on both sides. Crosshair wouldn't accept Hunter's offers of help and the chances to return back to the squad in season 1, and we all know what resulted: Crosshair, the sniper (a role that usually calls for maintaining physical distance from the rest of the group), remained a solitary clone; and despite his loyalty to the Empire, ultimately he was betrayed in the worst ways by his superiors.

All through season 3, Crosshair appears reluctant to accept anyone's love and support, and he even tells his brothers in the finale that he should go in to Tantiss alone because it's "what he deserves."

But Crosshair can't take on Tantiss by himself, he can't take on the assassin clones by himself, and it is only with Crosshair and Hunter working together that Crosshair is finally able to rid himself of the shadow of what he might have become.

Crosshair never deserved to be alone; and now that he's back with his family, he doesn't ever have to be.

Canonically, Hunter has junk in his trunk.

Wet hair Hunter 2.0...but at what cost *monkey paw curls* Yes he has a fat ass, I always draw Hunter with a fat ass its my favourite thing to do.

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I think it's either from the gas that Hemlock created(which is why they both have hand problems) or that it stems from ‘reconditioning’

I immediately thought of physical damage from the tests but I saw that many of you had PTSD in mind which makes just as much sense. I‘d love to hear your thoughts about this.

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Been wondering this for a while now too. I'm really excited for next week's episode because we don't know what's happening next. Probably more Tantiss content maybe Hunter’s mission with Rampart but ultimately, will CX-2 return? And when will Crosshair finally open up?

I've been thinking about the whole Crosshair and CX-2 situation, and I am beginning to wonder if, should CX-2 prove to be Tech, Crosshair didn't, in fact, know.

In an interview before the premiere, Michelle Ang mentioned Crosshair getting to see forgiveness and real love in the face of a great betrayal. Now, Crosshair's great betrayals are long past. So, is this some NEW betrayal? Is it someone ELSE betraying and being forgiven? CX-Tech fits the later very neatly, however, there might be another option: that Crosshair DOES know CX-2 is Tech, and has been not telling everyone because he blames himself for it happening and is sure they'll all turn him out the second they discover it (Omega included).

I'm of two minds here.

Crosshair didn't know, because Tech was put straight into conversion from medical care, and so Crosshair never saw him.

Crosshair DOES know, and feels black-hole sized guilt about it to the point where he can't bring himself to tell anyone.

In the #2 bucket goes a few things:

We see, repeatedly, that Crosshair isn't saying everything about Tantiss. This is as true for Hunter (the person always mentioning this) as it is for us, as our POV on Tantiss was almost exclusively Omega. Hunter knows Crosshair hasn't told them everything, and isn't going to push him except in specific instances where it really woulda been nice to know.

We do know that the CX conditioning is bad. Like, really bad, bad enough that wiping out your identity--not just the chip but like, you, yourself--is part of it. Or, so Crosshair says (and Tech in S2), though of course the truth of that might be more complex. This is reason enough for him to not talk about things. Except...

When Rex and Howzer explain they have a CX in custody Crosshair is immediately spooked. Then he's even MORE upset when he sees who it is. Or is it because of who it isn't?

If he knew CX-2 was Tech, and sees CX-1, he knows there is only one other CX they're sending after them, and the absolute last thing he would want is for them to have to kill Tech to get away. Or worse, kill the person who used to be Tech and can't be reclaimed (from his POV). Either way, from his POV, it is all bad news that CX-2 is inbound.

And as much as I feel Cross just isn't a hand to hand badass, at the end of his one on one with CX-2, he is clearly giving up. Everything CX-2 is saying is battering him emotionally and dousing the fight in him. Which makes a lot of sense, if he knows it's Tech.

For #1, well, the explanation is much simpler: we, and Omega and Crosshair, never see Tech in CX conditioning because he was in a bacta tank for part of it and then into a pod for the rest. He might have even converted quickly if we're to assume he had amnesia from the fall. (I suspect, should he prove to be CX-2, we won't get an explanation for this.) This actually would give Omega AND Crosshair some severe guilt, realizing when they escaped they left Tech on Tantiss in Hemlock's not-so-stellar care. It makes sense Crosshair would never want to go back--the conditioning sounds pretty awful. But then his reaction to CX-1 is a little less clear; we know there aren't very many CXes at this point, so why is THIS one such a concern to him? He just appears to be a reg. And CX-1's use of 'brother' is also very pointed. Which would make sense if CX-2 is Tech, who would have referred to Crosshair as his brother...

Anyways. We'll see if this pans out. I'd considered this might be the case even as I was like 'are we really doing that', and while I'm not a fan of this plot in the overall, like a cat being dragged outside on a harness for some enrichment I can grudgingly accept it. Mostly.