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APPLICATIONS OPEN!

Thank you all so much for your patience! Applications for page artists, writers, chefs and merch designers are now open! In addition, the mods have decided to expand applications to include spot artists and writers! These contributors would be paired with someone else to create text like notes on a recipe (spot writer) or small art to illustrate a story or recipe (spot artist).

NOT ONLY THAT but there will also be TWO digital add-on portions to the zine! One for recipes that are all things baking, desserts, brunch, drinks and more! (More information on what can be submitted in the application).

The second add-on will be a Clone OC Showcase! Following the theme of the zine, contributors will be allowed to create artwork or stories for their OC's! Spot artists may also apply for the OC add-on and be paired with a writer to illustrate their writing.

You can apply for however many positions you would like but may be limited to where you are accepted due to only a certain amount of spots being available in the physical zine. The digital add-ons will have open spots.

APPLY HERE!

Thank you all for sticking with us as we got things organized, we really appreciate it and are excited to get this project going!

-The Batched Mod Team

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Oooh! Conspiracy and Espionage! Now there’s a very interesting implication! Tell me, do you have any idea what I might have to gain from interfering with government operations half a universe away from me? Seems like an awful long distance for someone to cause any trouble over…

And as for “highly classified”, if you know anything about the folks this side of the wormhole, you’d know that just makes most of us more desperate to find out what’s going on. Conspiracy goes both ways, after all! Have you considered that I may just be a nosey outsider that doesn’t know how to take “no” for an answer when it comes to knowledge? Or maybe you’re right to be suspicious after all, and I really am attempting to interfere in the Commander’s research. Could it be that the Commander Tech was never my target in the first place, assuming I am an enemy agent, as you say? You’ve opened a broad spectrum of possibilities where I was simply curious about the Commander’s research. I do hope you don’t waste too much time on little, ole me, sir.

Out of curiosity, do you have any theories on what it is about being an Imperial that makes you so much more attractive to people? The Rogue Clone Tech doesn’t seem to have half as many thirsty people following him around, but nearly every one of your asks involves something. I suppose it could be that the non-imperial Tech has just as many and doesn’t respond to them all. I don’t know what his ask-box looks like. But you also flirt back far more often, which I suspects helps to fuel it. Any thoughts?

Do you not think any iteration of my exceptional self would attract as many loyal followers? @exceptionally-minded is just as capable of drawing attention, though he chooses to do so by playing do-gooder while frolicking around the galaxy Riot Racing and interfering with Imperial operations.

I am of a different mindset. This mindset also requires the use of a disclaimer on the HoloNet so as to insure nosey younglings below eighteen years of age are not tempted to embrace the dark side before it is permissible. You will find that @imperial-sniper, @imperial-strategist, @imperial-demolition-expert, and @imperial-tracker do the same.

Our differences are what makes us both unique. Perhaps my abundant magnetism and my affinity for what some may consider atrocious or perverse has something to do with it. Human beings are known to have a tendency to be fascinated with that which both frightens and excites them.

But do take a moment to reflect. What seems like flirting to you may very well be the fine art of coercion in practice. Affecting someone's mind without them being aware of it - and filling said person with the supposition that their thoughts and feelings are indeed their own - is a tactic that is easily employed in part because they so desire to be subverted willingly.

Food for thought: It is not I you should be questioning, but those who wish to grovel at my feet.

This isn’t hard. Don’t steal people’s art. If you wouldn’t delete someone else’s video game save files, why would you take credit for someone else’s hard work and care??

Warning for Stolen Art!

@beetlecrest made a gorgeous piece of art of Crosshair and Mayday (artwork) except someone by the name @the-legend-of-mr-rager on here has modified it slightly (Crosshair's hair has been smoothed out for example) and shared it with absolutely no credit to the actual creator.

So go and give Beetle's artwork some love because stealing people's work is a shitty thing to do and they don't deserve it. 🩵

MY DUUUUDES

THIS

This is how you apologize for Art Crimes!!!

Did OP trace someone else’s art? Yes. Did they do it because they wanted to profit off the art? A little: the posted it on social media, after all. Did they transform the art significantly enough and with the clear skill of an artist who knows how to use a reference? Yes. They clearly know how to draw and proportion things.

WHEN THEY WERE CALLED OUT DID THEY APOLOGIZE AND REPOST THE TRACED ART IN CONTEXT WITH ALL THE WORK BOTH THEY AND THE ORIGINAL ARTIST DID? YES!!!

Should OP have traced the art? No. They are clearly an excellent artist themself who could have done this on their own using the original artist’s art for reference rather than a base. And they’ve owned up to it and given credit where credit is due.

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Happy MerMay everyone!!

(The discord shenanigans are getting out of control)

Wrecker being obsessed with fishing is just hilarious. I cannot wait to read the whole thing!!!

Finals are NEXT WEEK but I needed a break, so voila, have some Pabu shenanigans:

Crosshair leans down, scooping up a handful of water to splash the back of Wrecker’s head. “We get it, Wreck. Shut up about the fish.” 

The mischievous glint in Wrecker’s eyes alerts Omega to what he’s about to do even before he moves. Crosshair sees it too, but he can’t move fast enough through the water to get out of the way. With a grin that spreads almost from ear to ear, Wrecker shoves his youngest brother squarely in the chest, sending him toppling backwards into the water with a startled yelp.  

Omega clamps her hands over her mouth, desperately trying - and failing - to stifle her laughter. Lyanna has no such self-restraint, and practically folds herself in half from giggling. 

She half-prepares herself for Crosshair to fly off the handle, but he comes up smirking, wiping the seawater from his eyes. There’s a hint of playfulness, actual playfulness, in his voice that she can’t remember ever hearing before. “You’re dead.” 

That’s all it takes to set everyone off, and by the time Tech finally wanders over to let them know that the others are calling it a night, Omega has lost count of the amount of soakings she’s received.

Finished the polished sketch!! I’m super happy with how this turned out!

The runes on the armband mean “bear” and “protection”, as translated by a friend of mine who has studied ancient Norse runes. They’re awesome, but I don’t know if they have an account to tag.

The skull is that of a Eurasian brown bear, and yes, they really are that big.

Been thinking about a modern au where Hunter loses custody of Omega. Jango takes care of her until the Bad Batch is mentally capable of providing for her. She cries a lot the first night, so Boba decides to show her his favorite book. It is a book about military artillery, because this child was *not* peaceful. But it helps, and she eventually falls asleep leaning on his shoulder…

Soap’s escapin’, Roach is giving his biggest, wettest, saddest puppy eyes, Gaz is trying flattery, Ghost’s gonna bite, and Price is Patiently Waiting