For A Fistful Of Credits

YOU GUYS I FOUND IT!! I FOUND THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ART!!!

I agree with this analysis 100%

You are never supposed to go in after a drowning person. This is swimming safety 101! You are supposed to get a floatation device to them so that they get brought up to the surface and kept there. The reason for this is that it is incredibly hard to pull a person who is unconscious to the surface, especially in waters with a current. And if the person is conscious and struggling, it is highly likely that their panic will make them climb you to try and get to the surface, impeding your own swimming. There is a high likelihood that Hunter would’ve drowned attempting to save Omega. He has no floatation device, and though she is small, she’s still pretty deep down. Crosshair was either a) going to stop Hunter outright, or b) was setting up to grab him with his cable if things went south, which they were very likely to do.

Hunter should’ve thanked Crosshair. Not because he saved Omega, but because he was ready to save Hunter. Again.

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.

I’m working on some clone emojis because we all need Rex to react to our nonsense :)

A lot of folks said Crosshair looks reluctant or like he’s “just tolerating” his bros here, but I would like to point out that he is actually smiling a teeeeeeny tiny bit :3

(And you have no idea how long it took to get this to look like he was smiling. I spent twenty minutes trying different angles and shapes to get it subtle enough)

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

I know it’s been a while, and I’m sorry it took so long for me to get to, but I was tagged by @eclec-tech to join this fun!!

I remember playing this game at high school sleepovers with my friends! An excellent way to deepen your relationship and find out embarrassing facts for blackmail purposes later on in life >:3

Answers will come in a week, since we’re back to business as usual after April Fools.

Tagging: @skellymom @gamelpar @stormyblue90 @amarcia @thicctails @hshfsjzjsgj and anybody else who’d like to join!

Inktober Day 3: König has some big boots to fill

(for context, Peggy is his adoptive kid, and she’s showing him some of her pictures and sharing some of her memories of her Dad)

Hunter: I'm going to cut the ships' board cables so we can-

Tech: Ah! So we are going cavemen style.*gets up from the pilot's seat dramatically* I'll go fetch my loincloth.*gestures wildly* Omega! Paint a bantha on the walls!

Omega: *beams* REALLY?!

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Headcannon that after Omega is taken, Hunter keeps her Trooper doll close at all times. He is especially afraid of losing his sense-memories of her the longer she’s gone. Trooper smells like Omega, and so when he’s especially stressed or scared, he holds Trooper to help remind himself.

Blocking this bow is a nightmare 😭

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

Compromise: KICK THEIR CANS ECHO!!!

In my heart I just know Echo has used the "I'll take my leg off and beat you with it" threat at least 3 times.