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dixieconley · 4 months
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How the Clone Wars should have gone, given that Anakin was canonically a slave. (wtf Lucas?)
Rex: Yeah, we all have inhibitor chips. They make us less aggressive-- Anakin: You have slave chips. Rex: No, inhibitor chips. Anakin: Slave chips. They all need to be removed. Kix! Do you have a scanner? Kix: Er, no. You need a level 5-- Anakin: Nevermind. I'll build one. They need to come out immediately.
::slave chip comes out of one trooper who volunteered, because ARCs be crazy:: (Fives. It was Fives. Because Fives.)
Anakin: Huh. Why doesn't this have any explosive? Rex: I *told* you. They're inhibitor chips. Anakin: Nuh uh. Slave chips. They gotta do something else.
::a little later, some slicing, orders discovered::
Anakin: Slave chips! All of them out! Rex: Okay, but this is just one itty bitty bit of the GAR. There's 3 million of us. Anakin: *Lots* more scanners. Rex: ::facepalm::
::Scanners sent to every ship in the fleet and the Guard::
Fives: So who activates the chips? Anakin: Depur. Fives: ::thinking that this is a reasonable name rather than a generic term for a slave master:: Where do we find them? And can we kill them?
Cue Kamino being invaded, the Kaminoans interrogated (and Nala Se summarily executed), and relevant information discovered.
Rex: So it's the Chancellor. Anakin: No, he's my good friend. Rex: … Anakin: I'm depukrata. (The slave word for a freed slave who enslaves others.) Fives: ::no concept of natborn names:: Everyone! The general's Depukrata now! Everyone: Hello, Depukrata! Anakin: ::anakin.exe has stopped working:: Anakin: ::incoherent frothing rage:: Let's fuck some shit up! The 501st: ::cheers, gets out the heavy ordinance::
Palpatine gets wrekt. (Fuck that guy.)
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newgrean · 9 months
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The writers were too scared to let Shaak Ti do this
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Plo Koon: What would you say if I took in another mentally ill trooper?
Mace: What's in the box?
Plo Koon:...
Mace: Master Plo, what's in the box
Plo Koon, opens a 5.11 box: His name is Fives, found him wandering around lower levels of Coruscant
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mon-mothmas-collar · 4 months
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and it’s not fair. it’s not fair he was shot down in cold blood of course but it’s even more unfair that he didn’t get to die as himself.
His armor free of the blue and grey paint cleanshaven and bald the only indicator of who he was in a small tattoo on his temple. He spent his whole life sharing his face his voice his life with millions of others and he fought and literally killed for the right to be different. To be himself but they took even that away from him and he died as just another one amongst millions.
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oohyesplease · 1 year
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For such a dark episode, the colours of the animation are beautiful.
I think this is the moment Cody decided he was done. He sees the clone troopers leaving, numbers dropping. The Empire arriving with TK troopers to take over. While being led by a guy who just executed someone who surrendered for peace.
I don’t know what’s happening with his inhibitor chip, but it sure looked like he had his own mind made up at this point.
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As much as I love the idea of Fox being forced to shoot Fives because Palpatine threatened the Coruscant Guard, I feel there’s a lot of unexplored potential in him being under the chip’s control. For one, imagine being shunned by everyone you know and love for something you don’t remember ever doing. It’s gotta add another layer of guilt and pain to not remember the reason as to why you’ve lost everyone in your life, because you know something happened. You may even know what happened, but you don’t remember the actual moment. There’s just… nothing. You go through all that emotional angst and there’s nothing you can do about it, you can’t even explain why you did it, because you don’t remember. Also, I imagine Fox would feel pretty detached from the situation. He doesn’t remember, and in the video his helmet is on, so it would probably be pretty hard for him to truly feel remorse when his actions don’t feel like his (because they aren’t, really). He’d probably come off as a coldhearted bastard, since he doesn’t show any regret for killing Fives, even though that’s because he can’t get himself to feel like he did that even when he tries.
Another thing: Fox wasn’t in control of his actions (in this version of events), but… how do you begin to explain that? Fox didn’t hear what Fives was rambling about, and Rex didn’t believe him so he probably isn’t gonna bring it up while he’s grieving. So Fox has no idea why he couldn’t control his body, he just knows that he couldn’t. How do you tell someone that without making them think that A) you’re bullshitting them to get away with your actions or B) you’re losing your grip on reality? I cannot think of any way, because most people will question what was controlling your actions then, and Fox would not have an answer. So either he tries to tell someone and is not believed, in fact people will probably think he’s a slimy liar too which effectively makes things worse, or he doesn’t even bother and people think he’s a heartless monster because he murdered a fellow clone when he didn’t have to and doesn’t even bother attempting to explain his reasoning. He’s damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t.
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kybercrystals94 · 2 months
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“Please don’t.”
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Febuwhump 2024 | Day 19 | Prompt 19: “Please don’t.”
Rated: G | Words: 497 | Summary: Set during Season 1 Episode 1 “Aftermath” [Character Focus: Crosshair, Omega, *other Batchers mentioned*]
Crosshair has experienced headaches. More than his fair share with his optical enhancement. While they were never near as severe as Hunter’s over the years, he’d learned to take them in stride, work through the pain. But this time is different. It is insistent. A sharp, isolated pain that feels as though a blade is being driven through his skull. It’s putting him on edge.
Well, this and Hunter.
Hunter has been off since Kaller with his blatant disregard for their purpose. They were created to serve, not question orders because of political changes in the senate. Republic or Empire…it didn’t matter. Shouldn’t matter.
They’re soldiers. That hasn’t changed.
And now they’ve been arrested for treason. Because of Hunter. Because of that girl that stepped into their proximity at the most inconvenient time.
He sits down on the bench, digging his fingertips into the side of his head where the pain is driving him mad. He doesn’t notice that the girl sits down next to him until she speaks.
“You’re angry.”
He is caught off guard, glances down at her in surprise before catching himself. He sneers, “How perceptive.”
She is unaffected by his tone, staring up at him with a sad, deliberate gaze. “I know what you’re going to do, but please…don’t.”
“What do you know?” Crosshair asks sarcastically.
She takes the question seriously. “I know…it’s not your fault.” She puts a hand on his shoulder, a comforting touch. “You can’t help it.”
He is taken aback. Wants to ask what she means, what she knows. Because she does, he realizes. She knows something. She understands. He doesn’t know how or why, but she does.
He is taken away before he can ask.
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It’s excruciating at first; however, the pain goes numb. His mind goes numb. The sensation is better than the alternative. But it’s not.
Please don’t.
Crosshair is given back his armor, told his brothers escaped holding, and ordered to track them down. Arrest them. Rampart and Tarkin read his report from Kaller, they know it wasn’t his fault – it was Hunter’s decision. Hunter’s orders. Crosshair will be given leniency, as long as he continues to demonstrate his loyalty to the Empire.
He can do that.
He can do what Hunter couldn’t.
He can make his brothers understand that there’s another way, another path, besides the one they are blindly following Hunter down. Hunter is spiraling. Hunter doesn’t know, doesn’t understand.
Please…don’t.
It doesn’t take a genius to know where his brothers will go, to anticipate their plan.
But his brothers don’t listen.
They’re traitors.
To the Empire.
To him.
Please.
Don’t.
He shoots Wrecker.
Tries to shoot the others.
Not to kill. To incapacitate. He’d never kill his brothers. But these aren’t his brothers anymore. They are traitors.
Don’t.
Don’t.
Don’t.
Please.
They escape. Narrowly. Like they always do. Did. Together.
Apart.
He watches the Marauder leave him behind.
They left him behind.
The traitors. His brothers.
Please, don’t.
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my-star-war-sblog · 5 months
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Everytime people write post Order 66 clone angst they always seem to gloss over the fact that the clones had nightmares of the order even before it went out.
Now by no means do I want to fault any of the authors who didn't include these nightmares, (bless their creativity and their hands because their work is DELICIOUS) but I think it would his on a whole diffrent level if they did.
Like- imagine you standart plot where Cody's chip get's taken out/wears off/stops working any other way. Having Cody break down and blame himself for following Order 66 is one thing, now imagine him also realizing that his biggest nightmare LITTERALY became reality.
The same nightmare which he told himself was nothing to worry about, because he'd never betray his general.
Yet he did. The republic fell and he shot down Obi-Wan.
And he can't even wake up to a better reality like he could in the past, because this is reality and not another repeating nightmare.
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short-wooloo · 22 days
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The way people hype up pre-inhibitor chips order 66 is ridiculous, especially when they deem it better and more realistic and "nuanced"
Buuuuuuuuuuulllllllllllshiiiiiiiiiiiit
You mean to tell me that in 3 years of fighting alongside each other, none of the MILLIONS of Clones told the Jedi about the entire series of contingency orders? Especially the "kill Jedi" one? That's silly
"Well the Jedi did know never thought it would be used against them-"
Shut up
That's still stupid
A "kill Jedi on sight" command would be a red flag on principle, but beyond that, it makes no sense for the Jedi to know of it (and it's pretty much impossible for all the MILLIONS of clones to know of it and the Jedi not to know) and not be against it, the Jedi always try to avoid killing as much as they can preferring to take people alive and such, they would definitely be horrified at the idea of an execution in the spot of one of their own, even if a Jedi did betray them
Oh, and the reason people give for why all of the clones comply with the order is silly too
It's always some variation of "they were trained to follow orders"
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And how is that different from mind control/brainwashing/conditioning?
And lastly, I'll say this
Just because there was mind control doesn't mean there's no nuance
Aside from the trauma the clones may experience from having their minds hijacked, there's all manner of responses they may have
Some might try to cope by ignoring it
Some might not even realize something happened, genuinely believing order 66 was their own choice
And maybe the chips don't actually cause true mind control per say, maybe they just make sure the clones can't disobey, compelling those who resist to follow orders, with those who chose to follow orders being unaffected
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The sad reality
- Cody? - Y/n's voice were so quiet, that Cody wasn't sure they really called for him.
He knows the padawan was always loud, cheerful, full of life. This little, cracked, lifeless voice can't be his chi- his Commander voice.
The padawan was sitting on the floor, their eyes full of unshed tears, looking straight at Cody. Like they were waiting for something. Like they were waiting for Cody to do something, anything. He thought about searching for Obi-wan, he was their master. He wanted to find Ahsoka, the two padawan were always together if they can. Even finding Skywalker be a better choice than Cody himself.
But there was only Cody, nobody else. He needed to choose. Be a good soldier, leave the padawan and find some help, or let himself be more than a meet droid, and take care of the kid himself.
The kid who was an of the very first people who treated the clones like living beings. The kid who spend months to memories all the names of the men. The kid who eats, sleeps, speaks, laugh with the men. The kid who help him paint his armor, who helps him with the paper work, who brings him food when he forgot to eat.
Sometimes he thinks about when the "Commander" became "Kid". When the " Good morning Sir " became " I hope you slept well, because I didn't. You kicked me all night". When the " Sir, for a minute " became " Pss... Kid.. Get over here". When the " Be careful Sir " became " Don't you dare die out there Y/n Y/l". And when the " They just another Jedi " became " They are my Jedi, my kid".
Cody looked at Y/n again, carefully. Sometimes he forgets that Y/n only a year older than him. Such a weird case, isn't it? The difference between nat-borns and clones sometimes fascinated him. He know Y/n will outlive him of course. But he wished he had more time with them. He needed more time, he wanted more time and look at him now! Instead of enjoying that little period of time a clone can live, to spend that time with the people he want, he just standing here doing absolutely nothing at all.
The sudden sadness that takes over his heart surprise him. His heart cry for the little kid in front of him. He is a clone, a high ranked soldier. How he could be so weak? How he could feel like this when he shouldn't? How is it possible for him, to dream about a little home, where Obi-wan, Y/n and him can live? Be happy? Why he can't have that? Why?
The quiet crying broke his thoughts. The little sniff and heavy breathing. His heart made the choice, there's no coming back. He approaches Y/n, he crouches down and takes Y/n face in his hands. It's so little, it's so sad. His heart hurt.
-Oh, little one. What happend? Why are you here? - he asks as comforting as possible.
But instead of an answer he gets an even sadder face, more tears and a little, broken padawan in his lap. He knows his chest plate must be uncomfortable to hug, but it's looks like Y/n just doen't bother at all. He trys to move a little, to take of the armor, but the two little hand can't let him.
They stay like that, until Y/n is in a deep and dreamless sleep in Cody's arms. He stands up with the kid and heads to his room. Halfway through he notices his General, his Obi-wan. The Jedi is a mess, his eyes are sad, worried. His posture is tense and it's looks like he is searching for something. When he notices Cody with Y/n, he let's out a big breath. Slowly, so so slowly he comes to Cody. The look he gives to Y/n is full of regret. Carefully he touches the padawan tear stained cheeks.
-I'm such a terrible master for them. Sometimes I forget they are not Anakin. They can't be... treated like him. - Cody can see, how Obi-wan is trying to swallow back his tears.
- I'm trying not to do the same mistakes I did with him. Attachment. Be indulgent. I feel like such a monster sometimes. I wish they would know how much I love them. - He looks at Cody, with all the love he can allowed for him. - But here you are my dear. Making sure I'm not fucking up everything.
Cody decided he got enough emotional damage today. He takes the jedi hand and starts walking.
-Cody?
- We are going to take a long nap. The two of you need it, I need it. - He opens the door with the code and pushes Obi -wan in. - And after the nap, we are going to talk. - Cody puts Y/n down and takes off his armor. He looks at at Obi-wan, pleading. How could Obi-wan resist? He puts his robes on the nearby chair and he lays down next to his commander and padawan.
Cody is in the middle, hugging his two Jedi like his life depends on it. Obi-wan falls asleep quickly, nuzzled into Cody chest. On the other side Y/n is holding Cody's arm in a death grip.
Cody couldn't fall asleep just yet. Finally in his little paradise he wants to savor the moments. Like this he can feel peace taking over his soul. He knows when they wake up this little safe place is gone. The talk will be destroying but without it the silence could cause more damage. He believes that they can fix it. He can count on his men, Rex, Ahsoka, even Skywalker.
When Cody finally falls asleep he dreams of the little house, maybe on Naboo, where the three of them can finally have their happy ending.
Unfortunately, deep down, where his inhibitor chip connect to his brain, he knows that future never comes.
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Okay, so maybe i'm gonna regret this but we live once I guess. So finally a get my shit together and wrote a fan fiction. Not just a quote or a dialogue one. A full ass fan fiction. And yeah, maybe this is my first one and the little one have some flaws but I'm proud of it. So I hope all of you enjoy it, and do not forget. Without you, your comments, you like, your share I never started or tryed to write this. So thank you guys. You are the best. 💕
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perilmax · 1 month
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Spoilers for Bad Batch Season 3 Episodes 6+7 under the cut
This is so out of order lol
-AHHHHHH
-She’s mimicking Crosshair hahahahahaha
-ooh Hunter’s jealous
-REX
-REX
-REX
-okay so THAT ONE’S not Tech, but the other one could be
-WOLFFE
-WOLFFE
-WOLFFE
-HE’S HERE
-Okay so now we need to see Cody
-Crosshair being a dad
-The shakey hands making a come back
-AND HE LET THEM GO
So this means that Wolffe either doesn’t have his chip and supports the empire of his own free will, which is not likely. But you never know. He recognized Rex, so the chip could be degraded possibly?
Ngl I got up at 2 am to watch this this is entirely rambling
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betyoudidntcatchthat · 3 months
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moisesmyles · 1 year
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Fives: I know what you're thinking. You're thinking that this is just another conspiracy theory that blames The Chancellor who is working in conjunction with the Separatists to take down the republic
Kix: I'm actually thinking about Chinese takeout. I'm really hungry.
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madameminor · 29 days
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Crosshair's Chip - Season 3
OK SO.
@dumfanting brought up a great point - we haven't heard anything about Crosshair's inhibitor chip this entire season. This leads me to believe that he has, in fact, had it removed, and that the writers aren't touching on it because it is a moot point. This brings up two points for me:
DUDE, WRITERS!!!!! You did the headache thing and the good soldiers follow orders at the end of that Kamino episode just like you started the series. That hinted at something. It didn't tie in well to the beginning of the series because he DID have his chip in, so why would you put that in there UNLESS YOU WERE HINTING HE STILL HAD IT IN THERE! (sigh) Its frustrating. Not because I was wrong, I had accepted I could be, just hoped I wasn't because of the hints they gave. I can appreciate the arc they had for him, MINUS the mf hints!
2. BRO. They never address WHEN THE CHIP WAS REMOVED. That would be a pretty big deal for me if I was the group, let alone Hunter. I keep going back to Bracca when Crosshair threatened to shoot Omega and then tried to roast them alive with an ion engine. Like he thought they were cooked and had started walking away. (I personally think that's when he had it removed, after than injury, but the guys don't know that.) Like that was straight up murder, that wasn't trying to capture them alive for whatever whatever reason. So, I'm a leeeeetlle frustrated.
This doesn't ruin the whole show, not by a long shot, but it does make me sad. I'll get over it, but Ima grumble for awhile.
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I find it almost cruel that Crosshair is the one being controlled by his chip; he is the one who spends most of the time telling how they, and this way especially him, are different from the regular clones.
Only to learn that he, after all, is not that different.
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kybercrystals94 · 7 months
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The Depth of Shadows
By KyberCrystal94
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Whumptober 2023|Day 9|Prompt 9: “You’re a liar.”
Bad Things Happen Bingo| Prompt: Betrayal
Rating: G
Words: 626
Summary: Sequel to “I Won’t Hate You”…Crosshair struggles with memories of the chip.
Before, he felt like a shadow, the absence of light, a shape that moved in tandem with its caster. He felt stretched and ominous...enslaved.
Oppressed.
Weak.
Good soldiers follow orders.
And while he became imprisoned, his brothers walked away from the chip’s influence, minds strong and adamant against it. Even Echo. A reg. Though, perhaps, the Techno Union’s kriffing around in his head helped with that.
But Crosshair was weak. Is weak. And he became a shadow cast by the Empire.
Good soldiers follow orders.
The mantra still haunts him, taunting him, again and again and again in his mind. Good soldiers follow orders, good soldiers follow orders, good soldiers follow orders...His brothers hadn’t heard, hadn’t understood, hadn’t listened. Crosshair tried to tell them, warn them, goad them into staying. But they left. They left him. But they went back for her.
“She’s one of us. We’re not leaving her there.”
Hunter said that a lifetime ago. Crosshair had thought at the time that he was one of the collective, one of them. That he would not be left behind; however, he should have known there were conditions, a limit to the loyalty of a brother.
Liar, Hunter. You’re a liar. You left me! I needed you, and you left me!
“What are you thinking about?” Omega asks, her soft voice screaming into the abyss of his dark, circling thoughts.
Crosshair doesn’t look at the clone child. “None of your business.”
“I know,” Omega agrees, “but you can still talk about it if it would help you feel better.”
“I don’t need your help.”
“I didn’t say I could help you,” Omega says.
“It was implied,” Crosshair hisses.
Omega rolls her eyes. “Fine. Don’t talk about it.”
They sit in stoney silence, side by side on the cot. Crosshair wants to be angry, to hold the bitterness of abandonment against the child at his side; however, she truly is innocent. She asked them to leave, she never asked them to come back, or to leave Crosshair behind. It isn’t her fault. It never was. “I know what you are going to do, but please don’t…I know it’s not your fault. You can’t help it.” Her words in the Kaminoan holding cell, a wistful almost hopeless plea against the inevitable.
“You knew about the chips…” Crosshair says.
“Yes,” Omega agrees.
“You knew mine had activated, when we came back for you on Kamino.”
Omega looks up at him, nods, but says nothing.
“Did you tell the others?” Crosshair asks.
Omega watches his face for a moment, as though gauging how her words might make him react. “After we left Kamino…we didn’t have time before. Not without being overheard. But Tech made a device to find the chip,” her voice catches on Tech’s name, but she presses on bravely, “he never said so, but I know he made it to help you. And Hunter felt so guilty leaving you behind. Wrecker would tell me stories, and Echo wanted to help other clones escape the chip too.”
“But they thought it was me that turned against them, before you told them it was the chip,” Crosshair says, deadpan, emotions carefully hidden.
Omega frowns and blinks. “Is that what you were thinking about? About them leaving you?”
“It’s all I’ve thought about,” Crosshair hisses. “Being betrayed by your squad doesn’t sit well with most soldiers.”
“The Empire betrayed you,” Omega counters, “The Empire betrayed all of us. And as soon as we found out you had turned on the Empire, we tried to come for you. And if our brothers are still out there, they won’t stop trying until they’ve found both of us.”
And for a shadow of a moment, Crosshair almost believes her.
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