this was funnier in my head

this is the idea for “mock up” cover ilustration of what-if-LucasFilms-contacted-me-about-drawing-a-one-shot-comics-about-TBB-what-would-it-be?-kind. Yes, it something I think about from time to time.

The gist of it would be Omega and Crosshair get separated from their teams (CF99 and Elite troopers respectively) and have to work together to find them.

It’s during “Crosshair is with Empire” part of show. It involves several plot points some of them were discussed with @kalm5​ so if you like them, just know they poked me in the right direction:

• At first the planet was suppose to be the ice-planet but, after a discussion with Kalm, I came to conclusion that this type of setting is getting a little bit overused recently, so since I like aesthetic a snowy planet brings and how it’s fun to draw mud the most fitting would be an early spring/late fall setting on some normal but uninhabited planer. So there could be some tricky weather conditions like, warm days but below zero degrees temperatures at night. I can have a huddle for warmth trope as well as slip on the mud/slide on the butt trope.
• Crosshair using Omega’s energy bow with proficiency and Omega’s getting jealous of his skills. Followed with “give the bow back, it’s mine” quarrel that is settled with a quick match that Crosshair easily wins (That might or might not lead to a an archery lesson[s]).
  
• Dialogues are sparse. It’s mostly Omega’s rambling all the time (she hates silence). Crosshair is barely talking + Crosshair getting pissed at Omega’s constant shilling about CF99 (especially Hunter) as she tries to convince him re-join his brothers. Crosshair uses his usual “you don’t get it” deflection, to which Omega demands an answer but the sniper just sits there watching the fire unbothered and never elaborates further. It’s never brought up again.
• Also, someone gets sick trope. That person is Crosshair. He gets super feverish, delusional and mumbles incoherently (talks with someone from CF99?). It’s time for Omega to put her “medical assistant” skills to a good use. However it also makes her realize her status quo was more honorary than actual as she struggles to keep Crosshair stable.
  
• Not only Crosshair’s orders are to kill CF99 but also bring Omega to Empire if he stumbles upon her. So he is at all time war with himself. He wants to follow orders (the chip) but also old-habits-die-hard and his old habits were to disobey orders. So, subconsciously, his mind is jumping through the hoops to find a loophole.
  
• Omega thinks she is a fully-fledged member of CF99 just to be proven wrong. Crosshair makes her realize the guys handle her with kid gloves and shelter her from many issues and hardships.
  
• At some point Crosshair dislocates Omega’s shoulder by grabbing her as she was about to fall. It was due to the fact that the sniper is used to pull his brothers up and they weight far more than some frail, looking girl (especially Wrecker, since he has Acrophobia[?] and often clings to his brothers for mental support). With Omega, as he acted on instinct, he miscalculated and used far more strength than it was necessary.
  
• At the climax of the story Omega shouts in anger: "no wonder they didn’t come back for you” and immediately regretted it, because, of course, it wasn’t true, but the damaged has been done.

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The helmets are very often a representation of the clones that use them, even more, in my opinion, than their faces: the helmet is what others see the most often (in combat and outside of it), it’s also a way to contact others, to asses the situation - a quick and direct way to communicate with others. They also are more versatile when it comes to personalization (and less painful than i.e. tattoos) it showcases the affiliation to the battalion they serve at or even squad they belong to, then also showcases the personal preferences.

Thebucket, by extension, IS synonymous of the clone trooper’s face, mostly to his brothers and people close to them. Finding it abandoned is a grim reminder of it’s owner going missing - either KIA, MIA, POW or AWOL - and this is something a fellow trooper doesn’t want their comrade to be.

I’m sure that interacting with a missing clone trooper’s helmet might be for some people like interacting with the missing brother and if they are still alive maybe they’d feel the connection… somehow.

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The art was inspired by @badbatchmeg99​‘s very emotional drawing “she misses him”.

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STAR WARS: The Clone Wars/The Bad Batch © George Lucas/ Dave Filoni/ LucasFilm/ Disney

Another Bad Batch wallpaper? Look…I have a lot of time on my hands.

I miss The Bad Batch. I wish they’d tell us when S2 is coming out. I’ll just make some wallpapers for my desktop while I wait. 

(Making a Tech or Crosshair one next, can’t decide which yet.)