Rex: You are outgunned
Fives: WHAT
Rex: Outmanned
Fives: WHAT
Rex: Outnumbered, outplanned
Fives: PAY YOUR FUCKING TAXES
Rex: Put your blasters down on my command.
Fives: HAND THEM OVER
Rex, sighing: This is Fives, my right hand man.
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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.
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Ahsoka *baby padawan who is new to the 501st, holding a tooka kitten who climbed into her pack on a mission*: Well I guess you're mine now.
Fives *nods*: Looks that way Commander.
Ahsoka *tilts her head observing the tooka*: I think I'm going to name you after the bravest man I know.
Anakin *getting proud, thinking that it's him*: Why thank you-
Ahsoka *holds the tooka up in the air*: Rex
Anakin *double take*: What?!
Echo *almost topples over laughing*: Oh he's going to love this.
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Cody: Look, this doesn’t have to be a big deal. Whoever took my caff, come forward and all will be forgiven.
Fives:
Echo:
Rex:
Cody: Smart. You knew I would never forgive you.
Cody: But you’re dumb if you think I won’t get to the bottom of this!!
Cody: YOU’RE ALL SUSPECTS!!!
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Cody: how long have you been planning this? A day? A week? A year? Or is this the only reason you are fighting in this war.
Rex: You think I´m fighting in this war so I can steal your caff?
Cody: Your words, not mine.
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Cody: Don’t tell me if you did it.
Cody, handing a picture: Tell him.
Echo: You want me to talk to a picture of your General?
Cody: Look him in the eye and tell him what you did.
Echo: I didn’t do it, General Kenobi.
Cody: Don’t you say his name!
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Cody: I’m not mad at you. You just got thirsty and that’s the most natural thing in the world...
Fives: ...I didn’t take your caff...
Cody: YOU’RE LYING!!
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fives, echo, jesse and hardcase begging rex to come see their “super secret project” in the training room on the resolute and rex, very weary and giving his best single-mom sigh, follows them and it’s just this
fives: it’s for relaxing!
hardcase: we can make a board to do flips off of :)
jesse: it’s like a bacta tank, but fun!
rex: no. take it down. this is violating twenty safety regulations and you’re all on latrine duty for a week and-
echo: 🥺 please rex
rex: …..
rex: you can have it for one day. don’t tell cody.
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