GET IN LOSERS WE'RE PSYCHOANALYSING PIXEL MEN AGAIN
So I was thinking about this scene again this morning (as you do) and something's bugging me:
Rex flattens him. And whilst I'm convinced Crosshair is amongst the weakest of the clones (he's built for athleticism, not heavy-duty stuff. Hunter overpowers him pretty quickly when they're fighting) I really don't think he'd go down that easily. Like, look at some of the stunts he does:
That takes MAD core strength. And at the campfire fight he manages to hold his ground against Kix, even if he can't get the jump on him. I might be reading too much into it, but I'm not buying it. Look me in the eye and tell me that Crosshair would just let himself get decked like that. It doesn't even look like he's trying to stay on his feet. And I don't think he is.
The boring explanation is that Rex just caught him off guard.
The fun one is that he went down deliberately.
Because the thing is, Crosshair is the most arrogant prick in the galaxy. You'd expect him to complain about Wrecker fighting his battles for him. But he doesn't. He just stands back and watches. And why would he do that unless that's what he wanted to happen?
I don't think that fall was an accident. I think he goaded Rex into attacking him because he wanted to see what the Batch would do if he was threatened. And Crosshair is a MASTER of provocation. He does it with Omega too, he knows exactly what to say that'll cut her right to the core. So he goes for disparaging Echo because he knows if anyone said that about his brothers he'd tear them limb from limb.
I think having to work with the regs set him on edge. He started it because he wanted to piss off the reg captain that everyone in the GAR always insists is oh-so-great, but he let himself get knocked flat because he wanted to see if his brothers would fight the regs on his behalf. He needed the reassurance of knowing they'd leap to defend him if he was in danger. He's afraid. Everything about this is deliberate attention-seeking.
TL;DR: Crosshair is so much more insecure than first apperances would give away and I'm feral about it
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April 5: Peaceful
Don't worry guys, he's just sleeping!.... probably...?
Redraw of this panel bc the last redraw I did was really fun and the other thing I had for this prompt just wasn't working.
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c!cabinetduo sketchbook page!!
id: a page filled with various pencil drawings of c!quackity and c!tubbo, featuring several mini scenes from their histories, such as interactions with schlatt and the burger conflict. end id
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"I must say, what a brilliant speech you gave"
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