The End Of An Era 💔

I don't like being called out like this

hey

Smokescreen has something to say!

.. soundwave having a peridot-style redemption arc would be really funny to me.

I was bored during a visit with my relatives so have these TFP text posts I created.

Take care of your self's you beautiful people  

Mindfulness starts with checking in on yourself.

#a baby assasin 

This is your reminder to not open this app on public transport because very well drawn fanart of immensely popular fictional character Obi Wan Kenobi kissing the Clone Commander of the 212th Attack Battalion will immediately appear on your screen and it will be awkward for everyone around you.

you son of a glitch im in

I sometimes forget just how massive the galaxy is

so anyway does anyone want me to make a general transformers galaxy map

Fifth and FINAL installment of my Parody Wars Bad Batch Edition, for season one anyway! It’s a MEGA video, please enjoy! ^-^

Hello all. Can we talk about Clone Force 99's barracks on Kamino and what I think this says about the Bad Batch?

So we first see their barracks in TBB Episode 1.

I'd like to break down each sleeping area and what I think this says about it's residents. Echo also makes a comment about the smell but, frankly, I don't want to know, so we'll leave that out.

I also want to ad that I love this show and the characters, so any snark here is not ill-willed on my part.

(The majority of the images here are concept art by Jason Pichon, with a smattering of screenshots plus one epic official artwork. I'm largely using these as the basis for my wild speculations.)

Let's begin clockwise starting from the door.

So let's start with Hunter.

His bunk is neat. Sheets folded. No mess. There is a chest/locker with Clone Force 99's logo on it and "Hunter" written in Aurebesh.

The above is neat, uncomplicated and says military and we know that Hunter takes his job seriously. And outwardly Hunger is all business.

There is what looks like a ?canteen? on the shelf plus some medals - which is interesting as Hunter and Co. decline Rex's offer of coming with them at the end of their arc in The Clone Wars Series 7, because accolades aren't their thing. But he's kept these. If anyone can shed some light here please do.

Hunter does have his team's insignia painted on the wall by his bunk however, and this is a nice little insight into his psyche. Because having his team's crest where he sleeps and where he rests is quite lovely when you think about it. This is the first thing he wants to see when he wakes.

If we have a sneak peek inside his locker, courtesy of Omega's snooping, we also see that he has a photograph of his team, Echo included. Which I think is wonderful. He views Echo as one of them even though Echo has been with the Batch for a relatively small amount of time.

And is this something Hunter takes with him on missions? (My heart)

Now Tech:

Tech's bunk is next to Hunter's and we can see it's a chaotic, messy -but not unclean- place. But it obviously the disorder here makes sense to him.

How would he even sleep in this? But this points towards the fact that Tech's approach to rest is a little different.

Where he is comfortable is where he is working or letting his mind wanter to different experiments and projects. If we're honest he's always going to be the smartest man in the room and when you're working on a purely hypothetical and theoretical level perhaps what you crave is mental stimulation? And this is what Tech's sleeping space shows us.

When he relaxes he doesn't necessarily shut off, but he uses these tasks to relax his mind. I assume he sleeps at some point.

He's done a bit of rewiring and hasn't bothered to put it away; clearly tidying wasn't important.

There look like equations and diagrams of projects Tech is working on and these projects might be what are spread around the room - see the thing on the table he tinkers with in this episode.

To me this is almost like Tech extending the field of his personal space and he claims most of the surface area on the room. I'm reading into this as, as much as he is on another planet with his intellect he wants to at least orbit his brothers.

See how he also called the Havoc HIS ship in espisode 4; Tech takes up space like a cat - any space occupied by him is one he will fill.

And I love how it's messy as hell, actually.

As for Echo:

Well, he doesn't have a bunk as the barracks were only outfitted for 4 clones. However we can see a hammock rigged up between Tech's bunk and the window.

I've seen lots of complaints about this, so let me just say: the rest of the Batch didn't have to make him a bed, but they did.

They could have just given him that sofa/bench thing, as presumably they'd be out on missions more often than not and stays back on Kamino would be brief, but they have made him somewhere to sleep.

It's in a quiet corner by the window with a view of the sky. Imagine you're Echo and you've been trapped in that ordeal for all that time, stuck wired in to that tank; you'd want to see the sky too.

It might not be perfect, but it's cozy. A hammock would support him as he slept. It would also bundle him up and give him a little bit of privacy if he needed some space and alone time, rather than him going into an open sided bunk.

It's also fairly common for people serving in the armed forces to sleep in hammocks (source: my dad, uncles, grandfathers - you get the gist?) so this wouldn't be an out of the ordinary experience for Echo. This is some semblance of the familiar for him.

Plus he's close to Tech. And I wonder if this tells us a little about their relationship?

Tech is the one who carried Echo through that vertical shaft / duct during the Skako Minor rescue. They often grump and snark at each other but non-aggressively, the same sort of way that family members often bicker.

Also Tech would be close by if Echo needed any help with his prosthetics/cybernetics.

Now Crosshair:

And he's interesting. If we look at his bunk, it's the only one with crates stacked directly in front of and to the side of it, like a wall:

It's almost like Crosshair has made a partition here to define the boundaries of His Bunk, given himself a modicum of privacy and tried to preserve some semblance of personal space here.

Which I think is fitting as he would be the hardest one to reach. He is aloof and apart by preference but I'm also reading an element of vulnerability here.

I think of this being bit like the opposite of Tech's bunk: Tech spreads out whereas Crosshair contains.

But his metaphorical distance doesn't stop him from some elements of personalisation, namely decorating his bunk with targets from the firing range. I wonder if these were from training sessions that he enjoyed, or shots that he deemed good? But I do know that the centre poster has bullet holes that make out the letter "C" in Aurebesh.

Yes. MF shot his initial in target practice. Yes he did. Because as aloof as Crosshair is, he's been better than you since 21 BBY and he wants you to know it.

His spare blacks are also folded, similar to Hunter's - we can read into this as someone who likes things precise and in their place.

This is a mirror for his demeanor too. His marksmanship is sharp, he is direct without preamble and even his speech is deliberate and precise.

Now Wrecker:

And oh where to start. My boy has probably the messiest bunk (and I'm including Tech's in this) with food bowls, ?fruits? and his blanket strewn haphazardly.

There are weights nearby and we know that Wrecker enjoys working out (see him powerlifting Gonky, the Batch's GNK droid aboard the Havoc Marauder).

He also has his spare blacks hung up across a cable he's rigged to the ceiling of his bunk. This says "I need space but I'm not too bothered about aesthetics", suggesting that he's not much fussed by other's impressions.

He's a simple man and this is a simple expedient. He's a guy who's not fussy where he crashes and this also suggests someone who is fairly carefree.

And we know this is who Wrecker is at heart. His voice actor calls him a simple guy with "not a lot of clouds in that sky". There is no façade with Wrecker - what you get is what you see.

Also, the Batch's "wins Vs losses" board, carved into the wall is closest to Wrecker's bunk and I think he is the one who most enjoys adding to this.

Bonus:

When the Elite Squad move in, is it just me or is it brighter in there?

I can't help but wonder if -most likely- Tech did something to dim the lights so they wouldn't affect Hunter's heightened senses so much...

Now the batch have gone, the room has been stripped, tidied, and restored to default settings.

(Crap, I just made myself feel sad.)

This art work is from the official Instagram.

Over all I love the level of detail here and I love how much effort the animators put into creating this space.

I really think it showcases each Batcher's personality, foibles and quirks, how they treat this space and how they all fit l together - and they do! These men are so drastically different and you wouldn't expect them to coexist comfortably but they compliment and balance each other very well.

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