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I once dreamed that my husband grew a goatee, like Kanan Jarrus. I was running my fingers over it.

Last night I dreamed that my husband was Crosshair and he was dying and I was holding his face 😭

What a nerd!! Ugh.

#star wars bad batch #star wars rebels #dreams #it's me #I'm a nerd

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Omega is the ultimate tomboy and I'm so jealous of her skills!

#the bad batch #tbb omega #girls rule

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My sister gave me her brush on gloss glaze to make his pants shiny 😆

#the bad batch #tbb hunter #mr sassy pants #my silly art

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My co worker 3 D printed these for me and I painted them!

#loth cat #3d printer #loaf cat #star wars rebels

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The t shirt was a "just because" present from Omega

#the bad batch #crosshair #art

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"That's okay. I like a challenge."

I've been wanting to draw adult Omega for a while now and today the idea finally came!

#i love her!!

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Crosshair says: Omega didn't leave me behind when she could have, I owe her.

What he really means: Omega believed in me when no one else did. She never gave up on me and she didn't leave me behind when she could have. She has helped me to heal. She's like my flesh and blood, she IS my flesh and blood and I love her and need to protect her with everything I have.

#the bad batch #tbb omega #tbb crosshair

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You won't like me when I'm angry

#the bad batch #tbb omega #girl power #my art

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EWAN MCGREGOR | Vanity Fair | 2024

#sweet ewan

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ONE, just one disapproving look from Big Brother Echo, and it changed Emerie entire world.

Emerie: I, I was only doing my job.

Echo: Bitch please

Emerie: I'm sorry

#perfect!

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Does anyone else feel Emerie is a wuss? Yes, she feels for the children there and knows it's wrong what they're doing but she doesn't really do anything! I do appreciate the small acts of kindness with Omega's doll and calling the children by name but she's going to have to STEP UP next week!!

#the bad batch #emerie karr

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The MUSIC! The way Rampart SCREAMS! ECHO!! Great episode!

#the bad batch #tbb echo #make him scream some more

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Okay, but this is canon now

#oooh gorgeous #tbb echo

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Omega: "Want to know a secret? I escaped from this mountain before. Know what else?"

#made me laugh a lot 😆

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Yes to all of this but I say

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.

#thank goodness for fanfiction to fill in the missing emotions!

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Been reading a lot of Echo centric fanfics and now I love him. Had to draw him!

Thank you all who have written beautiful, sad stories about this sweet, sensitive, and strong man.

Also, was he bad ass in that last episode or what???

#the bad batch #tbb echo #my art

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rampart: i was a vice admiral >:(

echo: congratulations bitch you've been demoted

rampart: that's "sir" to you

echo: i don't think so fuckface

rampart: this is taking too long

echo: *most intense death glare*

#so funny