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We all should help him...

I cleaned my aquarium today and I counted four big, berried blue mamas! I’m gonna have so many shrimp babies soon!!!

I think it’s also very important to consider the other side of this scene:

For us, as the audience, it’s very hard to extricate ourselves from the context we have of Crosshair’s actions. We know that Crosshair’s being torn between his loyalty to the Empire and his loyalty to his brothers. We know that Crosshair is having to make a choice for himself without considering how it will affect his squad. And we know that this is likely the first time in a long time that Crosshair has had to act on his own.

Hunter doesn’t know these things. What Hunter does know is that he needs to do what is best for the squad: a squad that now has a child with a high-value target painted on her head. A squad who Crosshair has very recently been doggedly hunting down. Hunter has seen Crosshair attempt to kill Jedi, civilians, and has actually seen him kill his own men when they refused his orders.

What Hunter knows is that Crosshair has no qualms killing, and has been after the squad for at least a month if not more. His and the Batch’s reaction to Crosshair raising his rifle towards Hunter is entirely understandable.

And I think that’s the part that hurts most.

Scene analysis

There's something that struck me about this scene – I’ve always had one single interpretation for it, ever since I watched it for the first time but I haven’t seen many people interpret it that way.

The thing is, I don’t think Crosshair was thinking about saving Omega here. At least I don’t think that was at the forefront of his mind. In fact, I don’t think it occurred to him that he was repaying her for saving him until she brought it up on the platform.

What I believe Crosshair was doing in that scene was protecting Hunter. Because Hunter would have jumped after Omega and Crosshair knew it and he had to stop him from doing it. We know the water is crawling with sea monsters and littered with debris, not to mention that Hunter may well drown in his frantic urge to save Omega. He can’t see into the water as well as Crosshair after all.

And I think that’s the case because throughout those two episodes we see numerous instances of Crosshair protecting or attempting to protect his brothers, from trying to convince them that the Empire is safer to killing his own squad and helping them fight the simulation droids (in that scene he sends a bolt flying above Hunter’s shoulder to dispatch the droid he’s fighting, proving that he’s not just fighting in self-defense).

That’s why I think his brothers’ rejection hurts so much afterwards. Why he huddles down in the pod looking hurt and he’s definitely hurt there. This isn’t about the Empire anymore this is about them. They’re telling him they don’t trust him anymore even after he’s repeatedly proven he won’t hurt them now that he hasn’t got his chip. Where they once let him use their shoulders as a rifle rest without a second thought (in TCW with Tech), they now turn their weapons on him just because the barrel of his gun got near Hunter.

(To be clear the angle makes it hard to tell just how close he was to aiming at him but I if you look closely you’ll see that he’s aiming over Hunter’s shoulder and Hunter only gets in the way once he turns around.)

I also think that’s the moment it starts to click - when Hunter turns to glare at him with suspicion we see Crosshair hesitate:

The camera lingers and something in his expression shifts, as if he's finally realizing what's going on.

So yeah, to me that’s what this scene is about. Hunter goes to jump and Crosshair’s knee jerk response is to stop him somehow. It’s not about Omega, it’s not about a life debt, it’s a simple response that’s been ingrained into him over the years.

Only now it's being rejected.

Lineart and flats tonight!

I love these two with my whole heart <3

Hippity-hoppity, this puddle boutta be destroyed by Omega’s velocity!!!

Tonight was creechur design night!

I think I’ll call it a cockatrice! I imagine it’s a scrappy critter, probably the size of a bengal tiger. This one is a cock, and those orange structures on its beak are for display, along with that fancy tail. I might do the hen sometime too! I got the inspiration from a Pokémon ai generator, so if it looks familiar, that’s why.

As an artist and fan who focuses mainly on child characters, this is particularly horrifying. It’s not fucking funny to exploit real children’s tragic situations because you have problems with someone else’s fandom. I will be keeping my asks open to report these jackasses if this happens (God willing it won’t). I will also do my best to publish a list of accounts as I see them for those of you with asks off to report and block if you want to. I will be sure to put them under a cut so nobody who doesn’t want to engage in this shit has to see them.

I apologize for my language. I know I’m usually a pretty pg account. But I want people to understand the severity of this shit. Fight back if you have the mental capacity. Please stay safe if you don’t.

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Also, am I crazy, or was there a way to blur or hide all images until you click them in your tumblr settings? Or is that a Facebook thing?

Hello dear!

Sorry for bothering you, but it's important to remind you to turn off your asks for a few days! Bad things are going to happen on Tumblr soon...

Don t know anything about this but BETTER BE SAFE EVERYBODY!!!!!!

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

OH MY GOSH I LOVE THIS !!!!!

Did you guys ever end up writing anything? Or just talking about it? Did you come up with any specific scenarios for the Service Batch?? How does Omega fit into it all??

MORE DISCORD SHENANIGANS!!! My friends and I had a lil bit of a freakout about the idea of Crosshair and an OC in a modern au getting brought together by Crosshair’s three dogs: Wrecker, Tech and Hunter! It was such a cute idea that I had to make some art.

(We decided that Hunter was a German Shepherd, but I love dobies and I couldn’t help myself. Maybe I’ll make a shepherd Hunter later)

Y’all are gonna hate me for this one…