Groguandthebadbatch - Untitled

Chapters: 2/? Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo & Hunter (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Crosshair & Hunter (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Hunter & Wrecker (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Hunter & Tech (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo & Omega (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Crosshair & Wrecker (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Omega & Wrecker (Star Wars: The Bad Batch) & Original Character(s), Crosshair & Tech (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo & Tech (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo & Wrecker (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Omega & Tech (Star Wars: The Bad Batch) Characters: CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo, Crosshair (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Wrecker (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Tech (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Omega (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Hunter (Star Wars: The Bad Batch) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Crosshair’s chip doesn’t go off but someone else’s does, If I like a character I am legally obligated to find ways to give them pain, Swearing, Rating May Change, Role Reversal, Minor Injuries, No Beta We Die Like Kamino, Angst, The Jango Gene Has Activated Summary:

What if it wasn’t Crosshair’s chip that activated with Order 66?

What if the chip that activated belonged to the leader of the Bad Batch?

What happens then?

New chapter up in my role reversal Bad Batch fic!

That scene where Crosshair drew his rifle to save Omega and everyone drew their weapons on him because they thought he was going to kill Hunter absolutely gutted me, but I also loved it a lot. Because it showed us a lot about where Crosshair is going, and his relationship with the Bad Batch right now, by doing very little.

Firstly, it showed that Crosshair still cares about The Bad Batch. He knew it would destroy them if anything happened to her. It showed that, on some level, he cares about Omega. He didn’t want her to die. And, most importantly, I think it showed that he still has at least some small sliver of good left buried within him.

However, it also showed that, right now, The Bad Batch does not trust him. They obviously still care about him — you can tell by the way Hunter refused to leave him, the way Omega tried so hard to save his life, the way Wrecker and Tech were hurt that Crosshair never tried to find them just like they never tried to find him. And you can tell by the way they all turn to Crosshair and still offer to take him with them even after everything they’ve done to hurt each other.

….but.

They don’t trust him. And I don’t blame them. Up until Return to Kamino they could excuse Crosshair’s behavior as the inhibitor chip forcing him to do what he’s done. But after Crosshair reveals that his chip was taken out (whether it’s true or not), at this point in time they have to accept that Crosshair chose to attack them. To hurt them. To try and fry them alive in an proton engine. If what Crosshair said is true and his chip is gone, and they don’t know for how long, then that means Crosshair was actively choosing to work against them this whole time. And if Crosshair was choosing to do all of that before, why would he stop now? Especially once he reached safety at the surface of the ocean. It would be so easy for him to just shoot them all, let Omega drown, and take their ship. They see Crosshair draw his rifle on Hunter and have to assume the worst - that he’s going to kill Hunter. Because they have no reason to think he wouldn’t. Hell, in that moment, even my first thought was “what is shooting Hunter going to do” before I realized what he was doing. And I like Crosshair! I want him to be good! I believe that one day he’s going to realize he’s wrong and leave the Empire! But I also recognize that he’s an antagonist, and the Bad Batch has every reason to be wary of him based on what’s happened up to this point and what they know.

I think that moment may have been a big part in Crosshair’s decision to stay behind. Because Hunter and Wrecker and Omega can talk big game about how Crosshair is family and they are willing to take him back and be brothers and sister again. But Crosshair knows they’re afraid of him. He knows they don’t trust him. He knows that if he goes with them, things will never be how they were before. They’ll be looking over their shoulder every time Crosshair sneezes and Crosshair will be walking on eggshells constantly trying to prove to them that he doesn’t want to hurt them. Ultimately, I think choosing not to go with them at this point was the right call. Crosshair needs to redeem himself and prove himself a little for that to happen, and for that to happen he needs to realize that the Empire is wrong. That Crosshair is wrong. And do something about it.

It doesn’t mean that they won’t ever be reunited. It doesn’t mean that they’ll never trust Crisshair again. It doesn’t mean that Crosshair will never realize his mistakes and go back to them. I firmly believe this episode was meant to set up a long-game redemption arc for Crosshair. I think Hunter pointing out that the Empire left him for dead, his interactions to Tech and Wrecker in the tube, and his conversation with Omega in Nala Se’s lab did get through to him enough that the seeds of doubt are planted. You can see the conflict on his face as they’re leaving at the end of the episode. Hopefully with that, combined with how much he obviously still cares for his brothers, he’ll start to realize throughout season 2 that everything he believes about the Empire is wrong. Then hopefully he’ll start the process of making amends and doing the right thing. This episode actually ended up giving me a lot of hope for the future of Crosshair and The Bad Batch.

I LOVE Omega and Crosshair!!!! He needs to come home and bond with Omega lol!!!! Please for my own sanity and because people are NOT making enough fanfictions with these two...unless I’m just not finding many (only know of three sites that are for fanfiction).

Crosshair is completely fine and chilling with Omega. Canon, who? We don’t know them.

The rest of the batch with Omega:

Wrecker, Tech, Echo, Hunter and Rex

I think I’m gonna give Hunter a do-over for this series, since the first one I did was literally the meme and the others became much more personal, whoops.

Image ID: [ An image of Star Wars characters Crosshair and Omega. Crosshair’s body is facing the viewer, angled slightly towards the right. He is wearing his armor minus helmet. With his right arm he is holding on to Omega’s leg, with his right he is pointing to somewhere to the right. He is chewing on a toothpick and he has the tiniest smile on his lips while speaking. Omega is perched on his shoulders, holding a pair of binoculars and looking somewhere to the right, but not in the same direction as Crosshair is pointing. End ID]

MY LIFE IS THESE TWO (And Grogu) BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT SEEMS TO ME THAT NOT A LOT OF OTHERS AGREE WITH ME. I simply cannot find a ton of fan fictions (especially), pictures, etc of these two!!!!

Any one who can draw a really good picture with these two (in character but with a strong bond) or write a good (hopefully longer) fanfiction is my new best friend!!!! Omg! Or these two with Grogu haha! In a lot of pain, this chronic illness girl pain days are filled with Star Wars lol.

I'm just throwing it out there. Anyone who makes or tags me in Crosshair and Omega sibling content is instantly my best friend. No questions, no arguments. You are my favorite person in the entire world. I love them and they deserve to be best friends and yes, I am terrified of the upcoming finale.

fall back into place - masterlist

on AO3 ⚘ ❀

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Description: There is no limit to the indescribable comfort he feels when Omega rests her head on his shoulder and her hair tickles his neck. This must be all that he has ever fought for.

OR

5 times the bad batch learns something from Omega and the 1 time Omega learns from them.

Rating: G or T (idek)

Part 1 - Tech

Part 2 - Echo

Part 3 - Hunter

Part 4 - Hunter pt. 2

Part 5 - Tech pt. 2

Part 6 - Omega

A mini animatic. All that time on that platform... poor Crosshair. [Spoiler-free]

Echo and Omega

Rating: General Audiences

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Category: Gen

Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon)

Relationship: CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo & Omega (Star Wars: The Bad Batch)

Characters: CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo, Omega (Star Wars: The Bad Batch)

Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, mentions of abuse, mentions of human experimentation, Started writing this at 1am this morning, Trauma, Family, CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo Needs a Hug, Omega Needs a Hug (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Soft CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo, Set post-season 1 of The Bad Batch, CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo has PTSD

Summary:

"Echo," Omega said softly, her voice still wobbly with tears.

"Hmm."

"I'm really glad Rex and the Batch found you."

Echo smiled. "So am I, kid," he said. He reached his hand up to stroke her hair. "And I'm really glad you found us too."