I Really Should Just Make A Curly Hunter Tag To Collect These Under.

@shyranno gave me the idea from one of their the Bad Batch: Downtime comics that Crosshair might have saved Omega in s1e16 out of love for Hunter, and not because he felt like he owed the kid. Somebody else, I can’t recall who though, convinced me of it with their interpretation of the scene: they said that Crosshair was preparing to stun Hunter to prevent him from trying to rescue the drowning child. He just happened to be able to see her and was able to reach her with his cable.

Anyone who knows anything about water rescue knows you’re not supposed to go in after a drowning person. You’re supposed to throw them a floatation device, especially in deep water. The reason for this is because the excess weight can drag you under as well, and their struggling can prevent you from swimming. Both people more than likely end up drowning.

So I think Crosshair, despite caring enough for Omega to want her safe from the impending fight between himself and his brothers, wasn’t planning on rescuing her from the ocean. It was a coincidence. And this piece came from my desire to see Hunter concede to Crosshair’s point that Omega is in danger as long as she is with the Batch. It might not be as much danger as if they’d left her on Kamino, or with the Lawquaines, but she is still in danger.

It’s also an excuse to indulge in a little Hunter hugging Omega properly, because that’s clearly not gonna happen in cannon anytime soon 😂

It was one of my most popular pieces, so I figured I’d add actual lineart and color :)

Happy MerMay everyone!!

(The discord shenanigans are getting out of control)

Puppy :3

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.

AAAAAAAAAA

OH MY GOSH ITS SO TINY

It looks like a gumdrop. I wanna smoosh it so bad but it wouldn’t recover so I won’t.

Here’s the paper that describes this species holotype!! Mycena subcyanocephala from Latin, literally “little blue-head” (don’t quote me on that, it’s been a few years since I reviewed my Latin). It’s a new species, so we don’t know much about it yet. BUT they belong to the Mycena genus, which is potentially one of the coolest fungi clades around!! It’s one of the most prolific genera of fungi, and is native to nearly every continent! They’re also some of the smallest mushrooms in the world. They tend to be no bigger than a few centimeters in cap diameter, so many species have cute common names like “pixie’s parasol”!

And if you thought being a common sort of mushroom made them boring, you’d be sorely mistaken because they’re one of the genera that contains bioluminescent species!!! Of the 500 known species, around 58 glow with this absolutely ethereal, chemically-generated glow called foxfire. They do this by introducing oxygen to luciferin, a protein that produces light when this reaction occurs using the enzyme luciferase as a reaction site. Absolutely magical!! I wonder if our littol gumdrop friend is one of the 58!!

I don’t wanna bore y’all with a lecture on bioluminescence, even though it’s one of THE COOLEST things in nature (and that’s saying a lot), so have some pictures of foxfire instead <3333

(pssssssstt thanks for sharing your shroom pics with me @blithe-imperial-underling and @imperial-strategist )

You can learn more about Mycena here (sorry it’s just Wikipedia, it was kinda hard to find an overview article quickly) and you can learn more about bioluminescence in fungi here!

You are correct, @theartgremlin​. I am always watching, and I found your biology lesson very interesting. My aide has a particular interest in mycology, and she was intrigued when I forwarded the information I intercepted about the microscopic predators from your planet. She shared an interesting bit of fungi with me as a result. This is one she thought I would appreciate due to its coloring resembling those of my old GAR legion.

But I should have known by the look on her face that Lieutenant Blithe had more to show me than just that one holopic. The next image she showed me was even better. Just like your microscopic worms, it was the size of this organism that was the most interesting.

The orginal post containing these extraordinary images can be found here.

Ell flats tonight! I’ve been thinkin’ bout the babey all week

I FIGURED IT OUT!!!! (for those of you who are also grannies leaning over your keyboards, looking over the tops of your glasses, you hold the boop button down for three sets of rotations! Further research has not shown any benefit of holding it for longer, though)

I HAVE MY DESKTOP NOW NONE OF YOU ARE SAFE

will somebody tell me how to do the Evil Boop please? I've been sent two and I wanna get 'em back!

I busted out the lines and color the day before yesterday! Don’t stay up till 3am making art, guys! You’ll regret it!

The Entire Bad Batch in Bioshock.

Now imma need a story where custody of Omega gets taken from Hunter and she’s sent to the Little Sisters Orphanage, where she stirs up rebellion among the little girls, all the while Hunter is fighting Fontaine Futuristics like a feral animal to get his little girl back (bonus points if he has to literally become a Big Daddy like Mark Maltzer in order to be with Omega in the end, and then the rest of the Batch comes busting in to rescue them both) The Batch are working to rescue Crosshair from Dr. Suchong, where he and Wrecker were used as some of the other mind-control test subjects. Extra extra bonus points if the whole reason the Batch are down there to begin with is because they worked construction and helped build Rapture, only to be discarded in the slums with the rest of the workers after the city was complete.

Good Lord I love these games

The last character you drew/wrote about is now stuck in the last game you played. How screwed are they?