Hunter: Tech, hack into their cameras
Tech: Oh sure, let me just load my 'tap into every security camera in the city' app
Tech: *taps the screen*
Tech: I'm sorry if that sounded like sarcasm. It wasn't, I am in
So, I was just re-watching the Bad Batch intro arc of the Clone Wars, and a thought struck me.
When Anakin, Rex, Echo, and the Batch are trapped on that pipe, Anakin (sarcastically) asks if anyone has a brilliant idea for an escape attempt . . . and then Tech pipes up that he does have a brilliant idea (thank you so much for asking, General Skywalker). And it turns out that Tech’s idea is completely batshit (ha!) nuts and Utter Ludicrous (TM).
Like, Anakin’s just standing there, clearly thinking, “Wait, that was an option? Flying out on these lizard creatures was so far done on the list of possible solutions that I didn’t even consider it . . . and I’m always involved in coming up with the Ridiculous Plans (To Succeed). This is crazy, even for me.”
And then I realized — Tech just out-Anakin-Skywalker-ed Anakin Skywalker. He surprised the guy who is known across the galaxy as being the hero without fear. Anakin got a taste of what it’s like to deal with his improvisations and plans that shouldn’t work (but somehow do).
I really hope he had a moment of clarity and self-reflection, where he thought, “Oh, so this is what that feels like. Obi-Wan was right. Dealing with someone who has a penchant for Ridiculous Plans is stressful!”
And perhaps, Obi-Wan felt an overwhelming sense of satisfaction back on Anaxes when Anakin’s realization rippled back to him through the Force.
EDIT: Updated to include Crosshair :)! Next in line is TBB Echo, followed by Hardcase and Tech.
Cody, Rex and ARC Trooper Echo are old versions I made last year but I will eventually be remaking them to the more recent artstyle I'm using.
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The POV is that the Senate is hosting a Republic state ball, and you are invited. The clones each approach you in their own unique way or you encounter them by happenstance (except for Echo, who has a totally different POV)
The third poll of this account is at an end and I want to take a small break between poll turneys
HERE WE ARE
For 3rd place, we have:
HUNTER!
For 2nd place we have, losing with a very small margin:
HOWZER
For 1st place we have, WITH A VERY HIGH MAITENANCE HAIRCUT:
KIX
Thank you all for the huge amount of voters and memes in the tags and reblogs. There are no ongoing polls to vote for right now (as I have been melting from the heat for the past week)
Catch me thinking about the day Cody unofficially adopts Clone Force 99
This ragtag group saved not only his men but his own life during an arduous campaign, and they keep picking fights during the aftermath. The one called Hunter wanted to leave, but Cody all but ordered them to hang around long enough to get their foothold back before they head off to...whenever it is this group goes. They've become a name in such a short amount of time, and to be named after 99 on top of it gains his interest.
Tech is the first to "warm" up to Cody, pulling what he called an Echo about the local wildlife while Cody is trying to salvage their position, and points out a few ideas that he hadn't considered. Once you get past the slight superiority complex Tech was great company, and as such Wrecker starts to orbit around Cody.
Wrecker reminds Cody of a lot of his men, and its maybe an hour before the bigger clone is laughing and telling tales of their exploits. He's pleased when Cody asks about him personally, slinging an arm around the surprised man to talk about how he had lifted a LATT/i once to scare off some longnecks, and Cody let's out a rare laugh at that.
Crosshair is the next one, orbiting in the background to keep an eye on his two brothers that seem enamored by the reg. He doesn't really understand why this one was different, and hardly says a word until a few days into their forced stay. He's taken to flicking his toothpicks at Cody's back for fun, and grins when Cody catches the next one, threatening to return them with 10x the force unless he knocks it the kriff off. Crosshair just taunts in return until quite suddenly, he's picked up and chucked across the command center with a growl to stop being a shiny and behave, or you're on guard duty for the rest of your life. Crosshair decides he likes him then.
Hunter is the last one to fall in orbit, more unsure about Cody and his seeming kindness than anything else. They had always just stuck around each other, and while never overly rude to regs, they were just too different to be considered a "true brother" in Hunter's eyes. Yet here is Cody, reprimanding Crosshair and Wrecker like they've been under his command all their short lives, or chiding Tech to eat something before he goes almost a full day without sustenance, and yes he is serious. He's not sure when he went from silent observer to chatting idly at night with Cody, but it happens and suddenly Cody is more than another reg.
I found a four or five year old fic draft that's a crossover between Agents of SHIELD and TCW featuring Jango Fett as an Inhuman, a Terrigen Crystal held in an abandoned Jedi Temple, and time travel of the clones affected by it from just before ANH to the middle of the Clone Wars.
Anyways, in this fic, Fox was essentially Hunter and now I am compelled to write something about them interacting. Ooooooh or maybe even one where they're tubemates but only Hunter's mutation was thought to have activated so they were separated at decanting and then trauma happened and Fox' kicked in? 🤔 So many ideas....
*when the batch found Omega*
Echo: I think she looks like someone's daughter, maybe we should put out a missing persons
Hunter: Yeah it should have a big picture of her and the words is this your daughter? Not anymore
WIP of Hunter for the clones in suits series 💖 Formal wear design for the bad batchers will be different from the regs and will mainly sport either red or black colors for the tailcoat (as white is for the regs).
For a look at Cody, Rex, Echo, Hunter (close-up), and Fives, see this post here
@freesia-writes here is another boyo in progress 😊