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At first when I saw Echo in that armour I was like awe how cute, he’s looking just like Fives! I love a Domino twins accidental matching moment!

And then I thought…oh god. He looks just like Fives.

WHY is Echo wearing a nearly identical outfit to the one Fives does when he dies?? Um. Someone protect my boy??? Please?! Because I stg if I have to watch Echo die wearing That outfit in Rex’s arms…

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Wait I just realized Omega is escaping the little Tantiss cells the same way the Batch escaped their cell in 1x01 Aftermath

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OHHH

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A long, slight critical, rant about The Bad Batch.

Let me preface this by saying, I love this show, I think it has been one of the best animated shows to ever come out of Disney or Star Wars. This rant comes from a place of love.

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I think it's pretty clear at this stage that The Bad Batch Season 3, while excellent in so many ways, is not quite sticking the landing when it comes to human moments.

There's a reason The Outpost is a fan favorite ep.

There's a reason a lot of people resonate with The Crossing.

And the reason is not action or setpieces, it's the human moments. The emotional moments.

The moments where characters stop and react.

I always thought it was an odd choice to bring back Echo but then have him not even mention Fives, nevermind not giving us any insight into Echos feelings about the circumstances surrounding his death. Rex even talks about how Fives tried to warn him about the chips, in front of Echo, and nothing!

Maybe it's a fluke, an oversight, I thought? Maybe, a story arc they had to trim so they could better explore the new characters!? 

And wow, did the writers do some amazing character work in season 2! I mean, chef's kiss, 10 outta 10. Gorgeous. Give me more of that.

But then, season 3 came.

Do we see proper conversation about the loss of Tech? No.

Do we see Crosshairs reaction to learning of his death? No.

Do we see Phees reaction to his death? No.

Do we see the groups immediate interaction after Crosshair returns. No.

Hells, Omega is taken AGAIN and Hunter doesn't even blink.

We maybe get a token mention here or there, and then on to the next copy/paste rescue/escape.

The writing team leave these beautiful breadcrumbs for us, we're dying to know how X will react to Y next week, and then they just never follow through.

I love this show, I really do, but I can only excuse this so many times.

With the series almost at its end, I think it's becoming increasingly clear that the writers think action setpieces, and escape plans, and heists are what the fans want. 

Don't get me wrong, the setpieces are great. But action is a dime a dozen these days. Plenty of shows and movies give us awesome explosions and shoot outs.

Far rarer are shows, and especially animated "childrens" shows, that give us genuine, gut-punching, emotional moments.

With so little time left, I'm doubtful of a truly satisfying finale to the Batches story. 

So many threads are still dangling, and we're all dying for answers. But we'll spend the next precious few episodes watch Omega break out of Tantiss AGAIN.

Whoever's under CX-2s mask might be significant, but will we see anyone's reaction to it? Will we have time to explore it's impact? Would they explore it even if they had the time?!

The thing many fans fell in love with about the clones is not that they're badass soldiers blowing up droids, it's how they behaved as people. 

How they interacted with each other, defined themselves, pushed their individuality, morality, and goodness to forefront despite being told they are only weapons.

 It's how they reacted to the world around them and their place in it.

The point of the clones stories is not action, it's reaction.

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the optician prescribing me new glasses

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little rex wip for last line challenge from @ominouspuff 🌟 thank you for the tag cousin

i’ve barely had any time for art outside of merch work / summer cons so here’s a rex i use to cool down when i regret how much i signed on for

tagging back bros (absolutely no pressure) @soularsss @battlekilt @cocotter @luoiae @razzbberry @kelstares

rule: in a new post, show the last line you wrote (or drew) and tag as many people as there are words (or as many as you feel like). 

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Reblog to give your fellow batchers a cuddle this bad batch eve 🫂

#i live in constant fear

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You've heard of the character who is disinterested in romance but suddenly changes their mind and gets into a relationship by the end of the story, now consider:

Character who starts out as a hopeless romantic obsessed with the idea of love and after some introspection realizes they're aromantic

#story of my life honestly

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cat_does_the_arts

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Happy International Asexuality Day from your friendly neighborhood bounty hunter.

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alright we’ve had our mandatory cad bane stealing force sensitive children for palpatine but where is our maul tries to adopt the main force sensitive child and become their master?

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DUDE THE CHILLS I GOT WHEN I SAW VADER-

#tales of the empire #star wars #sw #tales of the jedi #totj #sw totj #tcw #star wars tcw #sw tcw #star wars animation

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yall clone x looked at the gunships and was immediately like “oh yeah they’re definitely gonna try something with that” THAT MAN IS TECH HOW ELSE WOULD HE KNOW THEM WELL ENOUGH TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WOULD BE PLANNING

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crosshair coming back to hunter and telling him that omegas been recaptured

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did anyone else notice how this conversation sounded like the one they had in the beginning of the season when crosshair was telling omega to forget about him and batcher and focus on completing the mission, escaping tantiss?

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It's the domicilegate

#fr who the hell else says dOmiCiLe