ladies and germs I present to you: The Bad Batch -
Tech: only vaguely interested in the actual physical reality of the problem and is probably calculating the best way to balance weight distribution
Hunter: is carrying literally the entire problem and trying not to fall over while doing it. he’s FINE and he’s going to make SURE everybody KNOWS that he is HANDLING IT
Echo: is actively trying to physically help with the problem but Hunter didn’t really give him a chance to so he’s kinda here for moral support
Crosshair: says he doesn’t care about the problem says he couldn’t care LESS about the problem and yet. he’s still here. too invested to actually commit to the claims of not caring about the problem
Wrecker: is only here for a good time and is actively CAUSING the problem
There's a couple parallels between Tech's death and Echo's supposed death. First of all, we don't see a body in either case. Not Echo's and also not Tech's. We do see Echo's charred helmet and we see Tech's broken goggles later on. The team also had to leave right away in both cases, otherwise they would've been captured/killed. And they both sacrificed themselves for the team. If Echo didn't die, then why should Tech?
Denial
All that character building this season. Like of that was for nothing, then that was terrible writing. If that was to make us more attached to Tech so that his death hurt more, that is also terrible writing. I mean, he got a whole ass lovestory-in-the-making and that's the character you'll kill off?? c'mon. just as he was learning more about people and showing affection and social interaction, and learning how to properly and respectfully communicate with Omega??? that's when you kill him off? c'mon.
DENIAL
The fact that it was Hemcock that found him. You know the guy who does experiments on clones? Why lose such a valuable test subject? if there were any signs of life from Tech, he must've saved him, if only to use him and maybe modify him (again, Echo parallels)
DENIAL
✨ star wars medicine ✨
I mean, last season Hunter fell down a cliff from a moving ship and he survived just fine. I'm just saying.
please in season 3 please in season 3 please in season 3 🤞
For Operation: Fix the Finale! for The Clone Zone
Inspired by the scene from empire strikes back where Leia is rescuing Han, and by my lovely collab partner @moobrvoobl-moobmoob-oobmpoobroom’s fic https://href.li/?https://archiveofourown.org/works/48321418/chapters/121870288 !! 💕
Crosshair saying "I would've left him for dead too, after all he's just another reg" then patting Echo on the shoulder for shooting a droid. Father and family dog behavior
Update: After watching the first three episodes I can confirm I am absolutely not emotionally capable of dealing with this. The final season will destroy me.
Ok can I just talk about all the parallels between Tech and this assassin clone (I don’t know what to call him but you all know who I’m talking about)
The biggest one to me is “You had your chance to join us…you chose the wrong side” maybe this isn’t about “us” as in an assassin clone but “us” as in the bad batch; Tech died on a mission to find out more about where Crosshair was and maybe in his reconditioning process he channels that into hatred and blames Crosshair for all that’s happened; maybe it is his way of grieving the fact that Crosshair is now with them again and he (Tech) cannot be
The limp: when the assassin clone walls, he subtly favors a leg in extraction (which could be from the fact that he was buried in the beginning of the episode) but it could be a nod to when Tech broke his femur
He is very matter-of-fact and official when arguing which is a very Tech things to do (aka “they are both” when wolffe says the dead clones are clones and not insurgents) (aka “the girl IS alive”) etc. and Tech would always interrupt to clarify and “technically…” (I mean his name IS tech..)
He doesn’t care much for orders (goes after omega even after they are supposed to seal off the exit point and go around) which is definitely a trait he could have gotten from being a bad batcher
When the assassin in drowning Crosshair he paused for a moment right before he is stunned and that happens right when Crosshair grabs his arm softly instead of flailing as he’s losing strength and oxygen and the assassin slows and sits up a little, breathing heavily, but is then shot.
I will be making another post soon about all the parallels of the winter soldier and Tech (under the assumption the asssasin IS in fact Tech)