This Art Is So Gorgeous And So Cute!! Thank You So Much For Drawing My Tiny Problem Jedi

Wrecker has cuteness aggression. Sometimes he just gotta snatch her up and give her a BIG SQEEZE!!!

Echo: I have a headache.

Kix: From 1 to 10, how intense would you describe your pain?

Echo: Fives. It's Fives.

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Bad Batch recently off Kamino, and Tech has never seen this species before :O

I had wanted to give him extra fingers that faded into fin rays that run down his arm, but I couldn’t get them to look right, sadly

OP I saw your vision. I hope I’ve lived up to it! I’d love to hear more of this au!! Ghost is an absolutely massive shire boy, and I made Soap a Clydesdale because that breed originated in Scotland, which I did not know. And I made reader an akhal-teke because unicorn legends first originated in the Middle East. If you’ve never seen one of these horses, look it up. They look like irl unicorns!!

Hear me out, my dudes/my gals/my stars

Unicorn!Reader x Shire!Simon x Kelpie!Soap

Reader who’s the prettiest fucking thing Simon has ever seen — eyes shining, the glossiest hair he has ever encountered and he knows that such pretty things are not for the likes of him.

But he can’t help but stop his work, coming closer to the fence — all heavy bulk and rolling muscles, deceptively soft steps as he watches you.

“A bit lost, luv?”, he hums out, licking his cracked lips when you turn to him, his breath stalling because well, fuck him, that’s an actual unicorn. Not just a pretty thing, are you?

You don’t come close, watching him out of the woods, even your skin glowing and god, he can bet his left arm you are soft as a cloud to the touch.

He can bet you will look so so good under him. With him.

Simon tilts his heavy head to the side, huffing out air, splintered lips curling upwards. Skittish. It’s good that you are careful, would want to make it too easy for him, would ya?

And then there’s Soap — unruly power and raw hunger and no fucking manners whatsoever, surfacing out of the lakes and streams, always a little too close for your comfort, always ready to invade your space.

Getting you closer and closer to the water, his carefree demeanour just as deceptive as Simon’s softness.

“Ye wound me, bonnie. Ah never would’ve done anythin’”, he swears when you bristle and step back into safety of the woods, his eyes on you so fucking hungry, his eyes never leaving you.

Soap can smell you a mile away, can feel you coming with a sixth sense, always there whenever you need to drink. Or wash, for that matter.

Soap who can also smell someone else’s scent mingling with yours, brows furrowing. Who’s there trying to take what’s his? Not fair, he was here first, he saw you first, he’s getting you first.

But Simon is bigger and Simon is heavier and Simon is older — glare as heavy as his kick is.

Soap just might be in love.

Might continue later

This is fantastic!! You can learn so much about someone from looking at how they treat their personal space. I had the most thoughts about Crosshair here, so he’s the only one I’m gonna analyze, but I have thoughts about all of them XD

Crosshair is all about control. Not control outside himself, as with Hunter, but self control. The way he interacts with people and with objects is painstakingly crafted to give off the exact impression he wants: collected superiority to outsiders, cool emotional distance to his brothers, and affection only on his terms. He’s walled off his bunk and given himself a safe space in which to repair that control when it slips, or maybe to hide when he’s lost it entirely.

And I think it’s also important to note Crosshair’s bunk placement in relation to the others. He is between Echo and Wrecker, and the furthest away from Hunter. We know that he and Wrecker’s relationship is pretty affectionate: they play games, rough-house, and Crosshair is very conscious of what Wrecker does and does not understand. He is often the first one to explain something to the big guy, and we have yet to see him say something that would confuse him. I think Crosshair is the most comfortable with Wrecker than he is with any other member of the Batch. And I think the reason for this is because of Wrecker’s authenticity. He is never ashamed to be himself and he wears his heart in his sleeve at all times. A part of me thinks Crosshair might admire Wrecker for that. I believe he also feels more protective of him because of it, because if his brother won’t protect his heart, Crosshair sure as hell will. It’s comfortable for him because it’s his assigned role. He is the sniper: the guy who watches over the battlefield and protects his brothers from threats they can’t see.

I have more thoughts about Echo and Hunter’s room placement, but they’re less coherent.

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 32 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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Crossover Episode!!!

I imagine in this au, Omega was some sort of human experiment that KorTac rescued accidentally in the process of raiding Dr. Nala Se’s facility

your art??? is so scrumptious????

Thank you!! I’m having fun re-learning!