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ONE, just one disapproving look from Big Brother Echo, and it changed Emerie entire world.

Emerie: I, I was only doing my job.

Echo: Bitch please

Emerie: I'm sorry

#redemption arc speedrun strat #the bad batch #tbb spoilers #tbb echo #emerie karr

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i don't think you guys get it, the thing about anakin and ahsoka. imagine you're ahsoka and you're thirteen and you're in a warzone and you've been not-so-randomly assigned a new jedi master. he gives you a stupid nickname and jokes around with you and loves you; he's the only person who believes in your innocence when it's questioned, he's that one person that believes in you more than anything. he finds it agonizing to let people go but he lets you go because he trusts you more than anyone. you were special to him and you knew it and there's a pride in that, because not many people were. imagine you're thirteen and it's war and there's explosions and fire and blood and death, and then someone takes your shoulder in his hand and is like, hey, relax. let's play a game. whoever slaughters the most droids wins. and it's easier to breathe because it's less pressure if you squeeze your eyes shut and think you're playing a game with your jedi master, and it will all be okay. you have such vibrant memories of being loved by this man and then, away from you, without you knowing, he turns around and murders a few thousand people all at once in one hideous bloodsoaked night. the hands that cradled your face and tilted it upwards to kiss your forehead are soaked in unfathomable quantities of blood. the person who made you feel that safe is the same guy who is so violent, so removed from any human compassion, that people whisper that he's a droid instead. the only person who believed in your innocence is a living nightmare. like actually what the fuck

#Anakin skywalker will reach out his bloodstained hands to his family and be shocked when they’re horrified by what he’s done #because he genuinely believes they can be (somewhat) happy together when there’s a galaxy of bodies in his wake #because Anakin’s violence is never truly separate from his love #anyways I’m so normal about him (<- lying) #anakin skywalker #ahsoka tano #anakin and ahsoka

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"wow, cool! i can't remember what else mr matt michnovetz wrote off the top of my head, let me look it up-"

#the bad batch #tbb spoilers #wait he was the writer for the umbara arc too??? #oh it’s so over we’re not getting out of this alive

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I'm not even going to caption this.

Yeah that's it that's the post

#the bad batch #tbb spoilers #this parallel is going to gut me isn’t it #arc trooper echo #arc trooper fives

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All three seasons of our girlll- this was more experimental in figuring out how I want to draw her bc I NEED an official ref for myself- I have the opposite of same face syndrome 😭

Overall I wanted to give her rounder features and give her a darker complexion- AND FLUFFY HAIR - def liked how S1 & S3 came out, S2 was a struggle for me ngl

#the bad batch #tbb omega

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People who said the zillo beast was going to be involved in the final Tantiss fight are punching the air right now

#the bad batch #tbb spoilers #tbb omega #zillo beast #meanwhile the tech is alive theorists (me among them) are punching the wall

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I have a clone question that has been haunting me forever!! what do they do with the dead clones? like in the nicest way possible, there have to be like million dead carbon bodies through out the galaxy! are there other clones who are like responsible for collecting fallen soldiers?? some 'important' ones get burials we've seen that but what about the rest of the foot soldiers?? are there just clone bodies scattered all over space??

 Individual units seemed to have made efforts to properly bury or cremate their dead when feasible, but with limited time and resources, less dignified disposal methods are more likely for the rank-and-file clone troopers who died in large numbers.

The handling of fallen clone troopers' bodies varied depending on the situation, traditions of their units, and the resources available at the time. The Republic likely couldn’t spare the funding to do wide scale clean-ups after space battles (we see in the Malevolence arc that it doesn’t seem to be a priority) So yes, most likely there are a lot of clones scattered all over space.

In one of the comics, "The Only Good Clanker," Commander Cody draws the short straw for "roundup duty" and has to weed through the fallen clones to check for survivors. So the clones also likely have a rotating clean-up detail dedicated to collecting fallen clones.

Some practices & belief systems we see in Canon and the EU:

The most common burial method seen across canon and the EU involves placing the deceased clone in a shallow trench, covering the trench with dirt, and then creating a raised mound by piling rocks on top. Markers were usually stone cairns and/or a marker of an empty helmet balanced on a rifle, similar to a "soldier's cross." The clones themselves dug the graves. If Jedi were present, they usually helped with the burial process. Obi-Wan Kenobi, Depa Billaba, Kanan Jarrus, Kit Fisto, and Mace Windu were a few of the Jedi who participated in such burials.

Helmets seem to consistently be the standard memorial marker in the absence of a grave.

In one of the comics, the most grievously wounded clones are taken to the Jedi temple for medical care. If they died there, the Jedi may have cremated them and given them funeral rites according to their customs.

Mass graves and cremations are not explicitly discussed but implied by showing a high volume of clone trooper fatalities. Armor is canonically scavenged at these sites.

In some reference books and EU novels, such as the Medstar series & Cestus Deception, fallen clones were sometimes used for organs, skin grafts, blood, etc., and/or sent back to Kamino for DNA "recycling."

Some clones canonically adopted elements of local warrior cultures, which may have influenced their unit's burial customs.

Some depicted burial rituals include swearing a "battle oath" of swift vengeance on the perpetrators of the deaths, a ritual where each surviving clone added a handful of earth to a burial trench before erecting a rock grave marker, burying fellow clones with their slain killer on a stake as a monument, and traditional Mandalorian funeral customs.

Clones usually remove their helmets during funeral rites out of respect for the fallen

If not easily recoverable, clones were left where they fell. For example, in Jedi: Fallen Order, we can see that fallen clones were left behind at battle and crash sites.

There is at least one instance of clone commandos who'd been trained by a Corellian instructor insisting on cremation (a Mando, Jedi, and presumably also a Corellian tradition) for a fallen comrade: "Cremation," Ennen said. "I don't care how we do it, but I want him to have a proper cremation." (Imperial Commando: 501st)

Known ritual phrases during burial: Ni su'cuyi, gar kyr'adyc, ni partayli, gar darasuum (translation: I'm still alive, but you are dead. I remember you, so you are eternal) Followed by repetition of the fallen clone's names & "From water we're born. In fire we die. We seed the stars" & "We die, but the GAR goes on forever." The clones largely viewed these phrases as comforting.

Clones who were trained by Mandalorians, such as ARC troopers, pilots, clone commandos, and certain rank-and-file units, often adhered to Mandalorian funeral customs and beliefs about death. Mandalorians followed the spiritual concept of "Manda," which is the collective soul of the Mandalorian people, with Mandalorians transitioning into the Manda after their death. Mandalorians preferred cremation, but in war they often buried their deceased in mass graves. They believed that mass graves mirrored the collective consciousness that every Mandalorian shared in death and that a soldier should never be separated from their comrades, even in death. Mandalorians saw the body as a tool for accomplishing deeds and passing on knowledge. What happened to the body after the soul had gone to the Manda was deemed mostly irrelevant.

#the clone wars #death tw

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also just

Mando bringing TL4J to Boba’s Palace and Boba breezing by Luke, Ahsoka, and Ezra to be like “WAIT A MINUTE-“ with Cal ALNSKCDN

maybe Boba can help Cal with his latest problem

(donation doodles! // tip jar)

#lmaoo #cmon boba he needs a narrative foil

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current mood

#tbb omega #if Omega has ten fans I’m one of them if she has zero fans I’m dead

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Okay but by now Emerie should know that Omega’s greatest strength is her ability to connect with others. Nala Se and the bad batch have previously helped her escape from Kamino/the Empire specifically because they grew to care about her. Letting her freely intermingle with the other vault kids is just a guarantee that she’s going to bond with them and recruit them for her escape plan.

Hemlock is an overconfident jackass so I can see him underestimating Omega a second time, but for the writers to show Emerie shutting down Dr. Scalder when she raises the possibility of Omega trying to escape again suggests -to me at least- that Emerie might be up to something behind the scenes. At the very least, her actions in episode 13 have more than a few parallels to Nala Se’s involvement with Omega’s first escape from Tantiss during episode 3.

#the bad batch #tbb spoilers #tbb omega #emerie karr #nala se #tbb crosshair #tbb hunter #I need the vault kids to make it out of this okay I’m dead serious #also it was gr8 to see Omega outclass another imperial doctor

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help im having thoughts about omega being assimilated into the organa household for her protection ( since shes the lynchpin for project necromancer, its very much in the resistance’s interest to protect her)

they dye her hair dark and call her a distant cousin of Queen Breha’s- ‘Mega’ is an old alderaanian name, even

Omega and bb Leia :’) and leia cant say her name right so she has an adorable nickname

and even though omega has everything she could ever want in the organa household- a huge beautiful room, toys, holopads, games, a tutor, even gets to roam the beautiful grounds of the palace (shadowed by a guard of course)- shes SO homesick

but she doesnt call her brothers bc she thinks theyre better off with her there :(

until one day she gets a new bodyguard

guess who it is (youll never guess) ;)

#Omega’s new ‘bodyguard’ (or maybe just Omega herself) are def teaching baby Leia how to stab #Hunter and Omega in a royal household would be absolute menaces bc they dgaf about decorum #the bad batch #tbb omega #bail organa #breha organa #leia organa

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I’m typically not one of the “CX-2 is tech” people who goes through every episode looking for proof, but did anyone else notice that Phee specifically mentions the hidden cavern entrance being the reason she was able to land on Pabu undetected by the empire, meaning it’s by and large a secret about the island (but one that the Bad Batch know about). When CX-2 infiltrated Pabu last week, he also landed his ship in the caverns near the beach. How would he know about the caverns when the empire has never taken interest in Pabu before?

#that’s definitely true and something I should have considered lmao

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I’m typically not one of the “CX-2 is tech” people who goes through every episode looking for proof, but did anyone else notice that Phee specifically mentions the hidden cavern entrance being the reason she was able to land on Pabu undetected by the empire, meaning it’s by and large a secret about the island (but one that the Bad Batch know about). When CX-2 infiltrated Pabu last week, he also landed his ship in the caverns near the beach. How would he know about the caverns when the empire has never taken interest in Pabu before?

#the bad batch #tbb spoilers #tbb tech #phee genoa #cx 2 #ngl the tech girlies might be winning me over on this one #true ventress did also use the caves to hide her ship but she’s a force sensitive assassin and getting in quietly is her whole thing #the empire’s not usually big on subtle entrances

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When Tech finds out how Phee defines “stealth entrance” he’s going to be so simultaneously smitten, confused, and outraged that it’s going to short-circuit his brain

#the bad batch #tbb spoilers #tbb tech #phee genoa #techphee #mister Tech bad batch if you don’t come back from the dead soon I’m gonna steal your gf #it’s not the flying that trips him up he’d know Phee is hot as fuck for that #he would argue about whether or not it counts as a stealth landing bc the man loves semantics

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Batcher next week:

#the bad batch #tbb spoilers #poor thing she’s gonna have her work cut out for her dealing with Wrecker Crosshair AND Hunter’s respective brands of rock bottom #I’m just saying it feels like there’s going to be a reason Batcher was with Hunter when Omega was taken away #tbb batcher #tbb omega #tbb crosshair #tbb hunter #tbb wrecker #tbb echo

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We’ve talked about Hunter and Crosshair and how they’re going to destroy themselves now that Omega’s gone, but imagine how it’s going to hit Wrecker. He’d been Hunter’s last link to sanity for months during their search for Omega, and after he finally got his little sister back they’re right back where they started with no way to find her. Here’s a man strong enough to lift an entire gunship with his bare hands, but he was powerless when it mattered most.

#the bad batch #tbb spoilers #tbb omega #tbb wrecker #now he’s going to have to deal with Crosshair at Hunter’s previous level of instability and Hunter at rock fucking bottom #save him it’s gonna be rough

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Something that would be nice is if the next episodes turn Omega’s capture into a point of connection rather than a fight between Hunter, Wrecker and Crosshair. Episode 5 had Crosshair, struggling to fit in with the squad and newly protective of Omega, blame Hunter for her capture and experiences at Tantiss. Maybe now that both Hunter and Crosshair have been in the position of being powerless to do anything but watch as she was taken by the empire, they’ll start to realize that none of them are actually to blame.

#the bad batch #tbb spoilers #there’s not a whole lot they could have done differently #they’re five guys a teenage girl and a dog trying to go up against a fascist mad scientist with infinite resources to throw at them #I won’t be mad if they fight bc that would also make sense but at the same time the gang desperately needs therapy #tbb omega #tbb crosshair #tbb hunter #tbb wrecker