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The season finale better be 99 minutes long 😢

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THANKS FOR THE HAND

Echo, you absolute troll.

Somewhere, Fives is rolling around crying with laughter.

Also, look at the screenshot I managed to get. Look where the hand is. That's the same side as Rex's hand print on Echo's armour. And the hand is blue as well. This is probably all mainly incidental but still.

#the bad batch #tbb s3 spoilers #arc trooper fives #captain rex #arc trooper echo

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“they found me” “who?”

“my brothers”

#tbb spoilers #tbb season 3

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14 years old on different characters

Omega is 14-ish in season 3 of TBB

ezra is 14 during the first half of season 1 of rebels

ahsoka is 14 wheb the clone wars stsrts

Caleb is 14 when Order 66 occurs

The first clones were 14 when the clone wars ended

sabine was around 14 when she left the imperial academy on mandalore

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I didn't expect that...

#tbb spoilers #tbb season 3 #tbb s3 #WHAT HAPPENED #WHERE'S ECHO AND CODY AND REX AND WOLFFE #PLEASE GIVE OMEGA BACK TO THE BATCH #I NEED MORE EPISODES

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after the citadel || after the rescue captain comforts his soldiers

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I also want to point out that Mando’a is like, not gendered. At all.

The word for mother? Buir.

The word for father? Buir. Literally translates simply to ‘parent’

Same for ‘child’. Ad. Means simply ‘child’. No gender attached.

Same for ‘spouse’. No gendered term, simply ‘riduur’. Literally means ‘spouse’

On the other hand, there are like six different words for spicy food and like forty insults and eight different terms for gunfire.

#mando'a #food is more important than family #this is the way

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Omega is not okay

I know we've all been over the moon about Crosshair and Hunter's dynamic in The Return, but I want to draw some attention to Omega in this episode, and something that I think Joel Aron is trying to draw attention to with his lighting choices.

Omega is not okay.

Joel has made pointed out many times that he loves doing reveal lighting (think the overhead light in Crosshair's cell or on the freighter at the end of A Different Approach giving him a halo, or how Hunter stops short of the overhead light on the Marauder before stepping out to greet Omega). And throughout this whole episode, the light is breaking over Crosshair and bathing him in warmth more and more. He is slowly returning the light and coming home to his family.

Omega, however, in nearly every single scene in this episode, is in shadow.

Yes, her hairstyle is contributing to the fall of light on her face, and yes, she has her hat on while they're on Barton IV. But this is showing that her psychological state since they escaped Tantiss is uneasy, at best, and very conflicted and darkened, at worst. Even when she wakes up in the comfort and safety of the Marauder, she is shrouded in shadow. And even in scenes where the light wraps around and highlights Crosshair's face, Omega's is kept harshly defined, and she is often looking away from the "camera".

Even when we see her somewhat happier at points in this episode, usually due to watching her brothers reconnect, her face is not as well lit as theirs.

Omega kept her positivity and optimism at the forefront while she and Crosshair were in prison, and throughout most of their escape. It's what we most associate with her--being a ray of sunshine and encouragement for those around her. Now, however, she has the opportunity to relax a bit, for the adults to be handling certain things, and the trauma and perspective shift that she has just gone through is coming to the forefront.

Her survivors guilt, her shock at not being the only female clone, her confusion and questions over who she is and why she is so important, the cruelty she's seen Hemlock be capable of, and her continued empathy for anyone who is suffering is all swirling around in her in ways that she doesn't know what to do with yet. Yes, she has seen much suffering in the galaxy already in her short life, and has always been adamant about her need to help others. But ultimately it had never impacted her like this. Until now.

Crosshair has been broken and remade by his experiences. Omega is being broken and remade by hers as well. And I'm not sure the boys fully realize just how much yet.

Omega refuses to be left behind. She feels responsible for the fact that the rest of the clones are still on Tantiss. She feels guilty that she could have a chance at a life still and they don't. She feels an all-encompassing need to help them if she can, even though she is still young and vulnerable. This is ultimately going to conflict with Hunter's desires to keep her safe and hidden. Echo has already chosen the fight. Wrecker is willing to go wherever he's needed. Crosshair has been through too much to not be willing to fight back however necessary.

Hunter is going to eventually realize that while Omega is still a child, and does need to be protected, at the same time, her own sense of responsibility is going to eventually supersede his desires.

Echo and Crosshair especially will be able to understand some of what she is feeling and hopefully help guide her through it. Hopefully, Omega will be able to reconcile who she is, what she is capable of, and what is outside of her ability to fix, sooner rather than later. But it's safe to say she will never be the same after this. At least she has a little bit of reprieve before facing whatever is next.

#the bad batch #the bad batch spoilers #tbb spoilers #omega bad batch #omega #tbb omega

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rex?? rex please go back for wolffe. rex please go back, go back now rex! he betrayed the empire for you rex, he went against his orders rex, he’s not safe rex! go back for him, please rex, go back for wolffe!!

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omega copying her little brother

#tbb s3 #tbb omega #tbb crosshair #the bad batch

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THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL THE LAST DOMINO WILL NOT FALL

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I need this, but drawn with Alpha-17 and baby Rex. XD

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Rex decides to talk to Echo, seeing how his brother is trying to find their little sister.

tbb s03e04 spoilers

↓ sneak peek ↓

“I owe a lot to you. You and Clone Force 99 saved my life, gave me a second chance, took me in. You let me go, and I disappeared for so long to follow new orders. Without a second thought, you let me come back to fight by your side, just like in the old days... and I can never thank you enough for everything. My priority now is Omega... all my thoughts are directed toward action to finally find her and bring her home... just as you helped bring me back. I will not rest until we find her. I will risk my own life to do so,” he said seriously, knowing that the captain would understand.

Rex nodded, looking him in the eye.

“Did you manage to find anything worthwhile?” he asked.

“Not yet,” he sighed quietly. “A lot of information has been coded, much of it's incomprehensible to me. I keep sending them to Hunter, believing that he will be able to find something noteworthy in it. Howzer has offered to help me as soon as he returns from his mission... It's a lot of work.”

“Maybe I could help you?” Rex suggested.

#arc trooper echo #the bad batch echo #the bad batch #captain rex #omega the bad batch #tech the bad batch #the bad batch hunter #wrecker bad batch #clone trooper jesse #clone medic kix #arc trooper fives #clone wars memories #ao3 star wars #ao3 author #ao3 fanfic

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Commander Fox in Mandalorian Armour

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a little omega bad batch <3 fearing for her life <3

#omega the bad batch

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“We crossed the galaxy four times looking for you.”

“Five. But you're the one WHO found us. We missed you, kid. We never stop searching.”

#STARS! IM NOT OKAY!!!! #CRYING!!!! #omega the bad batch #the bad batch hunter #wrecker bad batch #the bad batch crosshair #the bad batch #the bad batch season 3 #the bad batch spoilers #tbb season 3 #tbb s3 #tbb spoilers

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“Never seen you or your dad around before.”

#OMG #HER DAD #CROSSHAIR IS HER DAD NOW #omega the bad batch #the bad batch crosshair #omega and crosshair #the bad batch spoilers #the bad batch season 3 #spoilers! #tbb spoilers #tbb season 3 #tbb s3