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SPOILERS FOR TBB SEASON 2
These episodes left me broken and in absolute shambles. It’s the way my sister and I were both sitting there in silence, grossly sobbing into our hands when we realized that Echo was going with Rex. I CRIED SO HARD. How can I live love laugh in these conditions?!?
What if something happens to Echo and that’s what causes Rex to kinda leave the rebellion?!? NEVERMIND I DONT WANNA THINK ABOUT IT.
Can we talk about that clone assassin for a minute?? I know Rex mentioned how he was different, had his signature/number removed, and he was obviously…interesting, compared to clones with activated chips. My guess? Maybe prototype of a death trooper or purge trooper? Seeing his interaction with Rex was so.. scary, I loved it. I am definitely more afraid for clones in the empire now, because I’m pretty sure they’re gonna be turned into mindless killers like that guy. And now I’m so scared for Cody- like yeah, rampart *said* he went awol, but do we know that for certain?? What if he got death/purge troopered?!?! akbhquwwqn
CANT BELIEVE RAMPART GOT ARRESTED TOO. That’s so crazy to me. Like DAMN. I wonder who is gonna fill his role? New main antagonist for the batch? Maybe they just straight up gotta fight a Sith Lord now lmfao 0-60 in seconds 😭.
I can hardly type Im so heart broken rn omfg 💀💀 echo my beloved pls come home to us when you are ready 💔💔💔😭😭😭😭
I do think it’ll be cool to see the original bad batch dynamic without Echo. AND I WANNA SEE AN EPISODE WITH ECHO AND REX COMMITTING CRIMES
Y’all don’t know how much I LOVED THESE EPISODES OH MY GOODNESS
Gah!! It’s already starting off so good and crazy and delicious and scrumptious and yum and-
HUNTER
let me talk about him for a minute because he’s my king fr
Like he’s so fr. He just wants to keep his family away from the empire, live his days out away from other peoples problems, and he doesn’t want to be responsible for anyone else’s war anymore. Like yes!!! He’s just like me fr!! And he’s so protective of everyone it’s so mwuah
Ik some people were like “Hunter no join the rebellion we have cookies” but like, he doesn’t want that life anymore. Taking orders, dying for a cause he hardly believes in, he just wants to keep his family away from all that, and live his best life. (Ik he’ll probably cave and join anyway later on, but still) I support 💯
(Also not him trying to do Tech things and failing 😭😭💀 it was actually so adorable- he likes to stabby stabby not clicky clicky around with buttons 💔 )
Hunter rant over, it’s Tech time.
My bby my boi my second favorite batcher 😭 SOMEONE HELP HIM
He’s so POWERFUL- bro fought and WON against multiple troopers with a BROKEN FEMUR- the most painful bone to break in your body!! He really said “Tis but a scratch” and popped the fuck off. Such a king luv him❤️
And not him getting flirted with 😭 top tier quality content. BROWN EYES LMAO din djarin moment
She right tho, Tech is hot fr
(cant believe that lady SKIMMED over Hunter, the sexiest man alive, but that’s ok bc he’s my husband not her’s so it’s whatever)
And ECHO!!
We are getting fed so well with the Echo content. I love seeing him getting more screen time, and his desire to help with rebelling against the Empire. It’s makes for some interesting conflicts within the batch as a whole, and is most likely going to be an ongoing point. Love him ❤️ NO LIE THO HE WAS KINDA INTIMIDATING THESE EPISODES FOR NO REASON?? IDK WHAT IT WAS BUT BRO WAS PRODUCING SOME MEAN AURA WITH OMEGA FOR A SECOND but then he said “please” to her in such a way that I almost cried lmao (and the way he fell in the beginning 😭 so precious actually)
WRECKER MY BELOVED
THEY FINALLY SHOWED HIM USING HIS DEMOLITION AND WEAPONS EXPERT SKILLS IN ACTION I ALMOST SCREAMED BECAUSE YES YES YES YES AND NOT HIM JUMPING UP AND DOWN ON THE LIFT LMAOOO THE WRECKER HUNTER DUO IS IMMACULATE
that is all, I have to get to class have a great day🗿
My Bad Batch Season 2 Finale Response...
No, no, no, no, NO! Tech is NOT dead and you can’t convince me otherwise!
My proof you may ask? Well here you go…
Evidence One- Tech’s goggles
Dr. Hemlock, while talking to Hunter, claimed that Tech’s broken goggles were all he could salvage. The shattered goggles had no blood, no crimson stains, and getting cut by glass will stain the glass with blood. Agreed? Also Tech was wearing a helmet when he fell, and his goggle are strapped around Tech’s head. How would his goggles come off his head and be the “only thing salvageable” if they were on Tech. Tech has also jumped, been pushed around, and fell several times in the series, but his goggles had never come off once. He has never even taken them off, just adjusted it from time to time. Hemlock also is known to be a liar, as shown that he never intended to take Omega in exchange for her brothers, but capture them all. A likely explanation for Tech’s goggles being found is that either he had taken them off, or had it taken away, or it had actually fallen or washed away from him.
Evidence Two- Previous Survivals of Other Characters
In prior films and shows, characters have been shown to survive impossible situations, like…
Gregor (Clone Wars/Bad Batch)- Gregor survived a large explosion while saving the D-Squad. He promised to make his way back, and he did. While the odds of survival were unlikely, Gregor has reappeared in The Bad Batch with no casualties.
Echo (Clone Wars/Bad Batch)- Echo also survived an explosion with the cost of his legs, arm, and several body systems. He was taken as a Separatist Prisoner by the Skako Union and was used for experimentation and a weapon against the Republic. He was saved by Rex, Anakin, Tech, Wrecker, Crosshair, and Hunter, and survived and is in The Bad Batch.
Fennec Shand (The Mandalorian/Book of Boba Fett)- Fennec Shand was found dead by Boba Fett from a gut-shot blaster wound. She was brought back to life by replacing her damaged systems with mechanical ones. This allowed her to be perfectly fine and make an reappearance later in The Mandalorian and Book of Boba Fett.
Darth Maul (The Phantom Menace/Clone Wars)- Maul was sliced in half by Obi-Wan Kenobi and then presumed dead by everyone. He reappeared to seek revenge roughly 11 or 12 years later, with new mechanical legs.
Anakin Skywalker (Revenge of the Sith)- He had his legs and arm cut off, and then was burned by LAVA. Survival chances were impossible and yet he survived to become Darth Vader, feared Sith Lord.
Evidence Three- A Useful Asset
As an enhanced clone with an Exceptional Mind and Skills, Tech would either be able to survive the fall and escape, or he has been captured by the Empire. Why would Dr. Hemlock waste a chance to unlock more “scientific knowledge” by leaving Tech to die? Why not take him as a hostage like Crosshair and Omega? Hemlock did want to take the rest of the Batch for questioning.
Even if Tech has been captured for an Imperial experiment...HE IS ALIVE. He has a chance. I know it. I’m probably just ranting into the void, but I’m suffering for one of my favorite characters- OK?
The sketch and the writing is fantastic!!!! Loved this
Crosshair groaned, trying to move. His helmet had gotten twisted, the visor angle wrong. He couldn’t see. Panic arced through him. Where was he?
His left hand twitched, fingers spasming, his glove smearing something sticky. Something heavy slumped against him, something familiar, someone. Hunter. He was breathing, wasn’t he?
But he couldn’t move. Couldn’t get up to keep fighting, couldn’t hardly breathe. Maybe he could shoot —
You should be more careful —
He froze. Strained, trying to move his right hand, searching for his gun. Tried to move his hand —
No, no, no —
The boot on his arm, his whole body shaking, the hum of a vibrosword —
You should be more careful with your shooting hand.
A scream tearing his throat, the taste of blood, darkness —
He panted, trying to reach his right hand with his left, but he couldn’t feel it, could only feel a shrieking, stabbing pain — an absence —
“This one’s moving.”
“Stun him again. And clean up that blood. Hemlock wants them fully prepared for conditioning.”
No —
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(We’re not talking enough about this moment and it’s killing me ;_; References below the cut. More musings on this here.)
