Commander Mayday - Blog Posts

so I've seen a couple posts about the 20th anniversary poster saying that crosshair was just looking away/didn't like his picture being taken

but have we considered instead that he's just looking at mayday

look at him, there's, like, no other reason for him to be looking up there unless he's stopping to look back at the brother who helped him finally see how terrible the empire was to the clones

Do you know what's missing? Crosshair that got tangled in a ball of threads.

Hallmarks of Crosshair the black cat: the do-o-ots

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“i’m helping him, he’ll be okay” “it wasn’t enough”

Bad Batch Sketch Page #2 — AU & Regs

The sketches that the first AU picture was supposed to be a part of. Some of these are hints of ideas and some are straight up impossible what-ifs 🥲. There were too many on this one.

Heavy-hitter trio! Hevy! It’s Hevy!!!

Domino Duo kicking butt and taking names.

Fives AU protective vibes & hints

Jesse & Kix Comfort/Angst

Cody rescue. Protected in Rex’s poncho ;-;

Hunter bringing two knives to a gun fight feat. Cody

Howzer and Mayday would talk. I know they would.

Plan 99 alternate. Reunion.

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Chapter 11 of burc’ya kadale ~ Friendly Fire has been posted to ao3 as of 3/24/23!

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CC-1010 'Fox': I thought you should know, Thorn was on an escort mission, guarding Senator Amidala on Scipio. There was a Separatist attack, besides the Senator, there were no survivors.

CC-1010 'Fox': I'm sorry, there was nothing anyone could have done.

CC-1010 'Fox' is offline

Fox turned his datapad off quickly, he didn't need to... didn't want to see the replies from Thorn's batchmates. Fox had failed them, he wasn't able to keep Thorn safe.

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The Bad Batch s2e12 Review and Discussion - The Breaking Point of Crosshair

Massive Spoilers Ahead!

That was by far one of the greatest episodes I think i've ever watched. I don't even know where to begin and I do not say this lightly - I have been thoroughly broken by this show. I am genuinely heartbroken at this point.

First and foremost, the music was on point. It hit every single emotion it wanted to convey and it complimented the themes of this episode perfectly. Kevin Kiner remains to be one of the best composers, in my opinion.

Secondly, the symbolism that was the lone ice vulture flying above Crosshair's head throughout the episode was just poetic. It really got the message across to the viewers that Crosshair is utterly and brutally alone. He is nothing more than something that is “expendable” in the eyes of the Empire. This episode made that evermore clearer to Cross.

Thirdly, the new clone introduced in this episode, Commander Mayday, was a perfect way to SHOW (and not just tell) Crosshair the tragedies, the mistreatment and the injustices that the clones are facing. Throughout the entire episode, both Cross and the viewers were reminded of just how poorly the clones are being treated. Mayday's inevitable death was the final moment for Crosshair; It genuinely broke him (and me, frankly). The lieutenant (I forgot his name because idfc) really rubbed it into Crosshair’s face about what the clones mean to the Empire.

The emotions that we get to see Crosshair experience throughout this episode really show just how broken his spirit is; he has reached his breaking point. He was left both physically and emotionally devastated by the end of his mission; losing yet another companion, another brother. Someone whom he was just beginning to confide in, especially to feel less alone. I also found it quite fascinating to see him express distress when the ship blew up and caused him a sort-of sensory overload. A bit of an ode to the Batches enhanced features.

 I appreciated the little details of him shivering in the cold as he and Mayday made their way back to the outpost; huddling together to survive. on top of that, his facial expressions really showed just how lost, distraught, devastated and broken he has become. Truly, what a masterful episode. Crosshair shooting the lieutenant by the end of the episode was his moment of “going awol,” albeit, in the most devastating and heart wrenching way. 

The ending of this episode was rather concerning. I literally have no idea what that lady poked his neck with nor do I have the faintest idea as to why he's on Tantiss but I'm very nervous about it. I hope he isn't being brainwashed again or [arguably] even worse, becoming the prototype of a dark trooper. Istfg If this happens, You’ll be hearing from my therapist and my lawyer, Filoni. For the love of all things decent in this world, please let him go home to his family. 

This episode, once again, cements exactly why I love Crosshair's character so much. Truly a terribly tragic character and I ate that shit up. I'm shellshocked.

 20/10. Feelings have been hurt.

I've just realized i haven't posted this one here yet lol ENJOY THE PAIN WITH ME I GUESS :""""D

star wars fans are so funny bc like you can mention a background clone character who shows up in like, two episodes at most, and there will be some fangirl who's memorized his wiki page, has a pinterest fan page dedicated to him, and ships him with riyo chuchi