As many TBB fans, we really missed out on Echo becoming a true member of Clone Force 99. Like yeah, the unresolved trauma, not to mention Fives, but we all known Echo is a little shit, and has been a little shit since his cadets days.

Let's explore this a little more.

Show me Echo finally getting to spar with someone, anyone, and just pulls a nasty move to win. You know, the kind of move that is downright dirty? We all know what i'm talking about. But show me TBB standing there in shock that this twig of a reg just took down someone twice his weight. He does not yet have all his muscle mass back yet! This was supposed to be a warm up for Echo. A way to build up his strength. Instead they get reminded that Echo is an ARC trooper and he has been through a lot.

Show me Echo trying to stop a cafeteria fight by reciting the reg manuals, saying "per regulation, fighting is not allowed in the cafeteria, and if you would have taken the time to read the reg manuals, you would have known that. Can you even read?" and Hunter furiously trying to deescalate the situation and failing. Echo gets sucker punched but the other clone does not get off as easily. Apparently he had to spend the night in the med bay. Echo only feels a little bit guilty.

Show me Echo matching Crosshair's snarkiness with his own. Remember "Bravo for Bravo Squad"? But instead of being angry with each other, it starts a beautiful friendship between the ARC and Snark troopers. The rest of TBB don't get how there friendship works and just have to roll with it.

But overall, let's not forget that ARC training happens on Kamino. Show me Echo being called up by the ARC trainer for demonstration purposes. Afterall, it's not everyday a war hero gets to help train new ARCs (except for Alpha-17, perhaps). Show me a bunch of new ARC recruits looking in astonishment because "holy Prime, that's ARC Echo of the 501st! He withstood the worst torture imaginable! He basically made half the 501st tactics with The Captain Rex of the 501st!" only for Echo to just crush there poor little preconceptions. Because this little shit keeps it real with these recruits, explaining the reality of going on a mission with a zero success rate, of going through torture, of having to build up physical strength to the point that no cyber implants hurt anymore. Echo does not hold back and has no filter, his words are practically as blunt as the dullest blade and it can hurt just as much. But even through that, no recruit can beat him in a spar. Yet. It's become a new challenge within ARC training.

Of course, I am a sucker for Mom Echo during season 1 and 2, but let me see Echo being a little shit before that! Let me see Hunter calling Cody one night after a successful mission asking "what is up with this reg? Are all ARC troopers like this?" And since Cody has known the little shits that make up the Domino Twins he just solemnly nods his head while sniggering on the inside. He calls Rex afterwards. Rex just laughs.

Bad Batch E14 spoilers

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HOLY SHIT WE GOT HOWZER BACK HES ALIVE AND HE IS SAFE THANK THE LORD JESUS CHRIST HALLELUJAH

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ECHO MY BELOVED YOUR BACK BUT YOU LOOK NAKED WITHOUT YOU KAMAS SOMEONE GET THIS MAN HIS SKIRT BACK

However this episode has affirmed our suspicions that Echo is a little shit. “Race you back to the landing zone?” He says to the 13 year old just learning how to fly. We love our chaotic ARC domino

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CROSSY WAS TRYING TO WARN HIS SQUAD THEY WERE AFTER OMEGA AGAIN

I definitely think that chick is a clone especially with how she was trying to warn cross, her accent, and her slight discomfort at cross’s torture

K2 for echorexfives? 👀

Rex would like a refund on his ARCs. Or a nap. Either is fine.

Just imagine for the second one that Rex is on an official holo call or something XD

Help me get back into sketching through some of these polyam/platonic pose prompts :3 (I'm still slowly doing these, they help powering through this little artistic crisis I'm suffering rn)

More incorrect quotes w/ the gang :D

Echo is so very done with everything. Tired mom™ needs a nap.

[More of these here]

the bad batch see echo as this more-experienced, grumpy yet loving motherly figure who always checks on them, whether it’s making sure tech gets some sleep to giving hunter/crosshair glasses so they don’t get overstimulated to treating wreckers scar to putting omega to bed. he is the responsible one.

when they mention this to rex, he stares at echo in horror. because that boy is a demon. the same boy who snuck out drinking with fives, who once broke his knuckle punching a droid, who used to jump cody/rex/anakin from behind doors and try to tackle them.

no one belives rex when he says this.

echo is hiding behind a nearby door, listening in and preparing to jump rex.

JOSHUA, YOU LITTLE SHIT.

kinito babey!!!!! ♡

Come back home when you have some sense

You can throw your life away just not at my expense

You’re not the son I raised

There's a huge abandoned building just outside my city where you're allowed to paint on the walls so my girlfriend and I went on a little date there today! ❤️

Crosshair: Tech, you are my brother. But if you keep taking the chocolate chip cookie from my MRE I am going to turn your goggles into contacts.

I’m in a very Echo mood so headcanons for you:

Echo is a little shit. Always has been. And the batch straight up does not believe Rex when he says things like that at first until Echo gets comfortable. Then they’re in for it. He pranks them and spooks them and is unbelievably sarcastic. All while looking as innocent as possible. Because he’s a terror.

Wrecker has had to straight up lift Echo over his shoulder to get him out of a fight. The second someone says some dumb shit to one of the batch Echo is rolling up his sleeves ready to pounce. Even if they’re four times his size.

He sometimes picks ‘fights’ with Crosshair when he’s bored. Silly disagreements that clearly aren’t serious, but they’re both very stubborn so it’s fun. *Cross enjoying his morning in peace* “I can’t believe loth-cats are invisible” *Crosshair immediately smacking his head into the table*

Tech and Echo team up and sometimes cause more destruction than Wrecker ever could on his own. They blow things up “accidentally” and nearly set things on fire trying to modify things together.

He sometimes stands behind Hunter when he’s lecturing one of the other batchers and mimics him or makes rude gestures. It either makes whoever is getting yelled at laugh or Hunter catches on and gets all huffy and starts yelling at Echo too.

The 501st at 79’s incite an arm wrestling competition. Fives is on a winning streak until Jesse beats him, Jesse continues to win against 501st and any other battalion that wants to try until Hardcase beats him.

No one particularly wants to go up against Hardcase, knowing full well that Heavy Class troopers are normally stronger than your average trooper. The few that do try against Hardcase walk away with sore hands and arms.

Hardcase is content to bask in the glory of winning when Echo sits down across from him.

“Sure you wanna go kid?” Hardcase asks with a smirk.

“Try me.” Echo replies with a mischievous grin.

The take their positions, hands clasped together, waiting for Ridge to give to start call. Around them bets were being exchanged amongst the gathered troopers, all but a few betting on Hardcase. Right before the older trooper could called it out, Exho dropped Hardcase’s hand, licked his palm and regrabbed Hardcase’s hand.

Hardcase attempted to recoil, a disgusted look on his face but Echo held on and slammed his hand down.

Everyone was quiet for a moment before the few troopers that had bet on Echo cheered. Those that lost began to argue that Echo had cheated, all while the trooper himself sits back with a smug and satisfied look on his face.

Out of the corner of his eye he watched as Fives grumbled and handed some credits over to Kix.

ok so my idea for a bad batch redesign is. What if the bad batch was actually an experiment on transgenic clone modifications. like. really putting the "experimental" in experimental clone force.

Hunter - Kaleesh genes make his senses sharper, and gives him infrared sensing (and by extension night vision) and stronger hunting instincts - His ears are pointy and taller than normal, but he hides that with his bandana - Has pit organs under his eyes (that's how he senses infrared and electric currents) - His eyes reflect light and have slit pupils - His pinkies work as secondary thumbs

Tech - Kind of a test to see how much of givins' natural affinity for mathematics is genetic and how much is socialized - He's better with maths and has quicker thinking than regular humans - Givin genes make him smaller, pale and bony, so he looks kinda sickly and starved but he's totally normal - The glasses help hide how deep his eyes are - The "balding" look from his original design is now because of his bone structure

Wrecker - Gamorrean genes give him enhanced strength - It also gives him a very strong sense of loyalty, and makes him tend to be stubborn - He's actually a little bit shorter than an average clone, but he's so wide that people think he's taller than he really is - His left canine broke in the same incident where he lost his left eye

Crosshair - Chiss genes give him infrared vision and better reflexes (and red scleras) - Umbaran genes give him ultraviolet vision - He really is just an experiment on expanding the human vision range - He sees infrared better than ultraviolet, and has better night vision than Hunter - His hair is a cool black instead of the usual warm black - He's a bit paler as well but that's because he doesn't like bright places

so the bad batch age in order (for me)

Echo, Omega, Hunter, Wrecker, Tech, Crosshair

in other words I NEED to see more of Echo and Omega being the Older Siblings and fed up with their little brothers squabbling and bonding over it.

no cause hunter and echo definitely talked shit out on the supply run mission

*casually in the middle of a high stakes/dangerous situation*

fives: how do you eat pickles?

echo: what do you mean?

fives: i mean, there's a whole process. it's not like you can grab them from the jar with your hand, because it's cold and the juice burns if you have a cut, plus, it's pretty unsanitary. and you can't use a spoon because you'll have to scoop it out, and it'll be way too difficult to grab more than three or four without taking 10 minutes along with half the brine in the jar, even if it's one with holes.

echo: yeah, that's why you use a fork.

fives: okay, sure, but what if you don't have one of the big ones clean? it's weird to use a small one. but there is always one of those smaller sharp knives clean.

echo: but the straight edge doesn't really fit the cylindrical shape, and you have to make sure you don' t break it, it's too much work.

fives: it makes me feel like i deserve the pickles, though. like, "yeah, i did it. that's right. good job me." it's empowering. but even after that, it's not like you can use a bowl.

echo: i get that, it's not ascetically pleasing.

fives: exactly! and it looks weird if you don't entirely fill the bowl, but you also can't eat that many. my solution: use a mug.

echo: *nods in agreement*

rex: that is all very interesting, BUT WE'RE TRYING NOT TO DIE RIGHT NOW! USE YOUR LIMITED ATTENTION SPANS AND FOCUS!

fives: jeez, okay.

echo: quit yelling at us already.