#crosshair defender

[nahoney22]

Something quite saddening in Crosshair’s reaction here. It isn’t quite clear how long it’s been since he last saw his brothers.

But look how his face changes when he hears his name, rather than his number. A mixture of panic and confusion followed by familiarity that someone still knows him.

#imma do more crosshair posts because he’s making my heart ache #I still love him #even if he’s being a silly little rat bag #the bad batch #crosshair bad batch #bad batch crosshair #crosshair defender #bad batch spoilers #commander Cody

[robotsandramblings]

telling myself that Crosshair knew how to fight off Clone X's knife attacks because of past training/sparring with Hunter

#crosshair #hunter #the bad batch #bad batch spoilers #star wars #hunter during the clone wars: ''you all need to know how to defend yourself against knife attacks'' #crosshair: ''what for?! it's not like the droids are coming at us with knives'' #hunter: ''no but somebody else might'' #crosshair: ''who?!?!'' #hunter: ''me'' #crosshair: ''you?'' #hunter: ''the urge to stab you is low but never zero crosshair''

[laughhardrunfastbekindsblog]

Let's clear something up once and for all:

When it came to dealing with Crosshair in season 1, Hunter (and, by extension, the squad) made the right call.

Much as I keenly sympathize with Crosshair through the entire show, Crosshair wasn't mad at his brothers for not coming back to get him, he was mad that they didn't stay with him.

There is a difference.

If the squad had tried to go back for Crosshair in season 1 and somehow managed to fight their way through vast Imperial resources to get to their brother, he wouldn't have gone with them. When he wasn't under the influence of the inhibitor chip in season 1, he was fully convinced joining the Empire wasn't just the right move, but the only move. He makes it clear in the season 1 finale that he feels betrayed by them deciding against joining the Empire - to him, that is what indicates that they must be his enemies, not that they didn't come charging in on what would amount to a suicide mission to abduct him and forcibly remove his inhibitor chip.

Now, Hunter didn't necessarily know any of the above up until the finale - all we know he knew was that Crosshair was possibly being influenced by some strange programming that he couldn't control, but it was making him lash out and apparently try to kill everyone on the squad. What was Hunter supposed to do? Keep the rest of his team in the line of fire? Get the rest of his family killed - if not by Crosshair, then certainly by Crosshair's Imperial backup? Force himself and the rest of the team to act against their own consciences and follow Imperial orders just to appease Crosshair? Of course not - so instead, they run, they disengage, they show their love for their brother by NOT fighting him and by NOT treating him as an enemy that must be put down.

Hunter and the rest of the team always loved Crosshair, they always wanted him back - but in season 1, there was nothing they could do.

#hunter is the best older brother #he loves his family so much #and even if he didn't openly talk about it we know the crosshair situation was killing him inside #if we're going to defend crosshair then i'm definitely defending hunter #we can sympathize with crosshair without making hunter out to be an awful person #the bad batch #star wars the bad batch #tbb season 1

[theartgremlin]

“Come now, baby sister. Aren’t you curious in the least about your role in all this? The Kaminoans had a very special plan for you…”

For this, the month of spooks and frights, have some Imperial Tech on Mt. Tantiss horror. Happy Halloween and sweet dreams >:)

#I actually did cry a few times while drawing this #can you imagine how horrifying it would be for them if they find out Tech survived #only to wind up a willing servant to the Empire??? #after all Crosshair needs a taste of his own medicine #now it’s his turn to defend baby sister from someone he loves #omega bad batch #crosshair bad batch #tech bad batch #clone force 99 #the bad batch #star wars clones #star wars the bad batch #star wars #bad batch #imperial tech #gremlinsketches

[hipwell]

i feel like some of y’all are really reaching to try and make hunter the villain

of course the girls are fighting!! the child soldiers aren’t going to sit down and communicate!!

#i won’t hesitate to defend hunter stop being mad at him guys #can we please remember that crosshair’s s1 behavior was kinda insane OF COURSE HE’S MAD #fluffy fanfics are setting some of y’all up for disappointment #the bad batch #tbb hunter #tbb crosshair

[redbean-nom]

crosshair saying bye to Rebel Omega

@chopper-base i think you wanted to be tagged?

#star wars #tbb #the bad batch #tbb s3 #tbb spoilers #tbb crosshair #old crosshair #headcanon: rebel-omega shoots ambidextrously #echo and crosshair both insisted so that if something happens to one hand (because that seems to be a general trend in their squad) #she can still defend herself with the other #finding a good looking haircut for cross when half his head is still all crater-y is hard #also his haircut looks surprisingly similar to my design for young 99? #huh

[zeb-z]

hunter this, hunter that, I think hunter is well within his rights to be wary of a distress signal from crosshair, especially considering how much of a trap the last signal was

#‘we make our own choices. and we have to live with them too’ there it is! the consequences of crosshairs actions! wild huh #everyone doing a full 180 suddenly crosshairs biggest defender like y’all #of course they don’t trust him of course they’re wary no matter what the contents of the signal is #we’ve seen his development. the last they’ve seen of him is him refusing to go with them off kamino. choosing the empire to find power #and that choice was entirely his. he had every chance to leave with them. they wanted him to go with them. like be serious now #sorry he shot himself in the foot with this. yeah the empire told him to aim and fire but he still pulled the damn trigger #like oh suddenly the brother who was hunting you to the ends of the earth of mostly his own choice is sending another distress signal? #yeah I’d be wary too bitch! #no matter the contents #it sucks. it hurts because we know the context and what he’s been through. they do not #tbb #the bad batch #the bad batch spoilers #tbb crosshair #tbb hunter #sw #Star Wars #z speaks

[leemarkies]

idk i’m feeling optimistic. omega has shown time and time again that she is very capable. even tho her capture didn’t go according to plan she is extremely smart + she has emerie on the inside

#more worried about the impending hunter/crosshair argument #and the shithole twt will be when it occurs #got me defending (in my head) my wife like my life depends on it #sinking feeling tho that the last ep will be omega reunited/escaping right when hunter is dying or something #so they’ll only have a few seconds left with eachother #i’m making myself feel SICK #marie.txt #tbbs3

[wreckerspocketcheeto]

I love that the small running bit for this show is, "Crosshair's skinny because nobody ever lets him finish his damn food."

#reblog to give him a snickers bar #like to defend his space from Rampart and Echo's double-cheek slider slam combo #tbb spoilers #spoilers #crosshair bad batch

[jewishcissiekj]

ok but if Asajj kills Crosshair or any of tbb I'll be cheering not because I hate them (I have not watched a single tbb episode) but because of the hater mentality and my support of women's wrongs. idc. she's correct. he probably deserved it.

#daily asajj thought of the day #crosshair gives me bad vibes so that's the ideal scenario #obviously not talking about omega she's different #nobody speculated she'll kill any of them that's just me lol #i mean wouldn't that be funny #wouldn't that turn half the fandom on asajj #i will always defend her you know how it is

[nahoney22]

Do you raelly still like Crosshair? Facist at it’s best

#yes I still ‘raelly’ like him #let people enjoy stuff #let’s not add politics to a animated show lmao #crosshair defender #until I die #the bad batch #crosshair bad batch

[sailforvalinor]

Oh boy oh boy do I have FEELINGS about this

#I don’t even love crosshair that much but!! but!!! idk maybe this changed my mind?? #I think it’s less that I don’t like him and more like the people that defend him bother me #like you gotta accept that he’s done terrible things. the people in denial about him having his chip removed just…baffle me #but it’s the fact that his chip was removed and that he bears responsibility for his actions that MAKES him compelling #and if he truly gets to go through his redemption arc it will make it all the more compelling #you can say that crosshair has done terrible things and he can be your favorite character these things aren’t mutually exclusive #just like with any other character #but I’m sorry I won’t defend willingly murdering women and children #anyway tangent over this edit is awesome #tbb #the bad batch #tbb crosshair #Youtube

[laughhardrunfastbekindsblog]

Random commenter: claims Tech was the least interesting member of the Bad Batch, didn't have much development, and was killed off because he was the least important to the story.

Me:

I will not stand for such libel!!!

I've been considering doing it, but now it's official: I'll be composing a complete thesis on Tech's character development in the near future (unfortunately, having a job and other responsibilities precludes me from writing it out right now).

#tech's development might not be as flashy and bold as crosshair's but it's there and it's beautiful #defending my man #characters can develop while still retaining their baseline unique personalities #actually that's usually how characters develop anyway #it's less about the characters completely changing who they are and more about us understanding them better #the bad batch #star wars the bad batch #tbb tech #stay tuned #i might write a thesis for hunter and wrecker too

[mooshrems]

i like to think that was a part 2 of the cadet crosshair and tech art i did so itll make sense id patch techs eye up ..

#headcanon dump !! #i like to think wrecker got his scar late cadet days ? before they graduate ? #since he said he ‘failed his first bomb disarming test’ in season 1 #also like to think they were trained more by the kaminoans than captains or commanders like domino squad #little things i like to think about .. i want to see them defend one another ghghghh #hunter definitely has scars from his vibroblade #umm tech probably gets defended by the others a lot but he probably dislocated some things #crosshair is the team medic in my opinion #because good eyesight .. something .. if tech got glass in his eyes from that punch hed know how to get it out #when crosshair left tech probably became the team’s medic #yeah !! please give me flashbacks of cadet bad batch hoping praying

[roadara23]

I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO READY,

AND YET NOT READY AT ALL.

JUST LET ME HUG MY BOY😭💔

#the bad batch #the bad batch s2 #crosshair #I WILL DEFEND HIM EVEN AFTER MY DYING BREATH #I JUST #I JUST LOVE HIM SO MUCH #AND I JUST WANT HIM TO BE LOVED AND HAPPY #DAMMIT #MY HEART WANTS TO EXPLODE #AND MY EXCITEMENT AND ANXIOUSNESS MIGHT MAKE ME NEED MY INHALER #crosshair the bad batch

[jocktrolls]

Hey I do just wanna say like, I’ve said it a lot behind closed doors but I do want to put it out there that as far as I’m concerned, this specific blog is permanently inactive for the point of fantroll stuff. If you’re primarily active on here and have ships with me, I can rock either dropping ships or working to be more active with you off of tumblr.

If you feel the need to talk to me, either to discuss rp stuff or question me about rumors/accusations, I’m always available on discord (current handle weiner crunch teri#5357)

#ooc stuff #i haven't been fully active since october 2021 and have been functionally inactive since may 2022 #and yet i'm having my blog still linked to absolute randos i have literally never heard of & who flub their blocks and follow me instead #despite apparently getting some kind of 'apology' #so hey! instead of ignoring it entirely i'll acknowledge the rumors exist. and also say outright #'they are entirely manufactured whole cloth and i have the receipts to prove it. thanks. i'm not going to defend actions i didnt do. thx' #anyways have fun ftc hope y'all don't regret your decisions or get crossed in those two's crosshairs next xoxoxoxoxo #i do want to be clear though i'm probably going to do what i can to reduce the amount of overlap i have period with them #because apparently reminders that i even exist are enough to cause problems