Archivist of Nerddom

Actual 30-something professional, hopeful writer, introvert, nerd, she/her.

[foxmythical]

“Tech and Phee have been unusually chatty since they got matching friendship rings.” 🙄

~Omega’s Diary

[archivistofnerddom]

This is your friendly reminder that Wrecker from the Bad Batch is an orange cat (specifically an orange Maine Coon, if we’re getting technical about it).

That is all.

[turtledork02]

i think it’s really cool that wrecker is like. hunter’s ride or die for most of the show. even in clone wars, bro just listens to him and respects him at all times. “wrecker DROP HIM” and he does. season one episode one, when hunter goes after caleb and the other troopers show up saying they have orders from the supreme chancellor, but wrecker blocks them and goes “hunter’s HANDLING IT”

lots of other examples throughout season 1 and 2, and even in the sanctuary book apparently (i haven’t read it yet but i’ve seen bits and snippets), where wrecker listens to hunter pretty much no matter what. sure he’ll do a little bro complaint or something, but he trusts and respects hunter completely. if he tells him to do something, he’s going to do it.

then season 2 finale happens. and in season 3, we see that actually change.

he’s questioning hunter. telling him to stop and think. yea, he still trusts him and follows orders, but there’s doubt now. and not because he thinks hunter is at fault for what happened to tech and omega, but because that event probably brought so much doubt and anxiousness where before he had only had very little. he was always a very confident person, and so much of that is shattered after they lose tech.

[archivistofnerddom]

Wrecker in season 3 is the one holding it all together because someone has to and there’s no one else around to do it. Hunter is actively not in a good mental or emotional place for much of the season. Wrecker was the only one by his side the entire time and saw that full process play out up close and personal. I don’t know if it was a conscious decision or just a reaction to the situation they were in, but Wrecker was definitely the responsible one in season 3.

Wrecker is also the most emotionally intelligent one out of the entire Batch. That emotional intelligence shows up in the maturity that Wrecker displayed in season 3. It’s what was needed of him. Him being as quiet as he was in season 3 was an indication of just how serious the whole situation was.

[techechobase]

Anakin’s and Echo’s faces🤣 I’m sure Hunter’s and Rex’s faces are the same under their helmets. Damn I miss them.

(Screenshots found on Pinterest)

[archivistofnerddom]

This was the closest Anakin Skywalker ever got to having a “Come to Jesus” moment and the fact that it was delivered this way is so perfectly hilarious. Normally, Anakin is the guy responsible for planning and executing improbably successful plots. Not here though. Nope, our boy Tech gave that man a taste of his own medicine. (That little shit better be so proud of himself.)

Out of everyone else here, Hunter’s probably thinking, “Welp, this isn’t the weirdest thing I’ve done today.” Meanwhile, Rex is trying to figure out every single way he can prevent Anakin from requesting that the Bad Batch permanently join the 501st.

And Echo can’t believe he got woken up from a nap for this. Unfortunately, he didn’t catch the memo that this was an indicator of everything else to come.

[turtledork02]

something i’ve been thinking about based on some posts i saw earlier today:

wrecker is definitely the brother that makes his siblings hug after a fight. prime example right here-

think about it. he’s definitely the most emotionally mature out of the batch. he’s also the only one that really goes out of his way to hug anyone (for the most part) in pretty much the entire show. dude is definitely a hugger. and he thinks everyone else should be too lmao

whenever any of his brothers fight, he makes them hug after. he will keep telling them over and over until they give up and do it. if they’re being really stubborn (because crosshair absolutely would be) push them into it with his brute strength. when he forces them to hug, they can’t get out of it. most of the time it just ends up with them hugging wrecker because he’s smushing them together with his arms. “there there were hugging big guy can you let go of me now?” type shit.

the others would definitely not hug after fights unless wrecker made them. they won’t admit it but it does actually help

[archivistofnerddom]

I just saw “The Mandalorian and Grogu.”

Alexsandr Kallus, you better come get your husband before he “accidentally” adopts a kid without telling you about it beforehand.

[archivistofnerddom]

@sneepity-snoop-snorpity-sneep How dare you leave this plot development in the tags? This is absolute gold!

I correct my earlier statement.

Kallus would be pissed that Zeb adopted a kid when he wasn’t there to do it with him. No one comments when Rotta gets all teary-eyed about having a pair of adopted papas who fight over who is the most supportive of their new kid (and who gets to throw hands whenever anyone gives Rotta shit for being a Hutt/Jabba’s son).

Also, no one tells Ezra about this until he meets up with the Kallus/Zeb/Rotta family unit. (It’s Zeb’s idea to get back at Ezra for being away for so long . . . and also for that Jabba alias Ezra used as a kid.)

[archivistofnerddom]

Can we get a Bad Batch AU where everything is the same except Omega finds a Polaroid camera early on and then goes on a series-long side quest to take hilariously awful candid shots of every single brother?

(Oh, and Tech is totally fine, by the way.)

[archivistofnerddom]

I just saw “The Mandalorian and Grogu.”

Alexsandr Kallus, you better come get your husband before he “accidentally” adopts a kid without telling you about it beforehand.

[suggestingthemes]

Just remembered that Alex named his ship ✨Glimmer of Hope✨. Corniest mf in the galaxy.

[archivistofnerddom]

This man spent literal years (over a decade, really) working in the strict, oppressive, and colorless bounds of the Empire and the ISB. Are we surprised he went full corny as soon as he possibly could?

[archivistofnerddom]

A conversation between Rex and Omega once they meet up in the Rebellion:

Rex: Two questions. One - do they know you’re here?

Omega: Yep.

Rex: Two - are they okay with you being here?

Omega: Also, yep.

Rex: Good. Now let’s have some fun.

Omega: Score! Oh, and I’ll tell Hunter you say hi the next time he calls to check in on me.

Rex: *laughing* He’s not handling you going away well, is he?

Omega: That’s a hard nope (but I still love him).

[theranilord]

Ok, I commented this earlier, but I'm gonna say it

But how amazing would it be to get David Oyelowo to make a vocal cameo as Kallus?! 😍

[archivistofnerddom]

That would be amazing! I want this to happen so hard.

(And please make it a bit that we never see Kallus on screen. He only makes vocal appearances, usually pestering Zeb to make sure he’s eating enough.)

[the-senates-one-fear]

Ezra purposely getting caught by the Empire only to get Kallus immediately scolding him

[archivistofnerddom]

Kallus is the exhausted grumpy uncle who is fighting for his life keeping these dumbass Rebels alive to fight another day.

[connieboldheart]

I love making these - let me know in comments/reblogs where you'd sit! :)

[thesewretchedthings]

5 absolutely - I'm between two hot Rohirrim, I've got two funny guys behind me (even if they'd kick the seat lol), I can listen to Boromir and Faramir banter, and if I'm lucky Gandalf will pass along some pipeweed (he definitely magicked security to let him bring that onto the plane). The only downside is that Aragorn and Arwen are probably swapping spit while Elrond isn't looking and PDA on a plane is always awkward. Anyway. Number 5 please.

[archivistofnerddom]

3, 5, 6, and 7 would be fun because all you have to do is pull up with a massive bag of snacks and order a round for the row for it to be a party.

[serosfan]

I will accent two and ONLY two reasons the bad batch respect Cody but no other regs

1. Cody valiantly risked himself to save them in a dramatic show of loyalty and trust

OR

2. They saw Cody body slam a droid and went “Yeah he’s cool we like him”

[archivistofnerddom]

As awesome as the first one would be, the second one seems absolutely on brand for the Bad Batch. Gleefully violent destruction of battle droids is their calling card.

[spider-mann]

Obi-Wan Kenobi + robe dropping | Revenge of the Sith (2005)

[archivistofnerddom]

This man will never beat the “space ho” allegations.

[headcanonthings]

Cody: Thank you for inviting me to the General's wedding today, Commander Tano. Ahsoka: Yeah no problem, man Cody: ....This is probably a stupid question, but who is the General marrying? Ahsoka: You. You’re the fiancé. This is your wedding with Obi-Wan! Cody: Wait, what? Anakin: There’s your officiant. This is your wedding ring. I suggest taking him somewhere far, far away for your honeymoon. Ahsoka: For a week! Mace: Here’s some money, make it two! Obi-Wan, walking in: Oh! This is beautiful! Who’s having a wedding today?

[twinterrors29]

given that Rex was officially presumed to have gone down with the Tribunal during the execution of Order 66, his reputation quickly gained a sheen of martyrdom among the Imperial officers who had worked with him during the war

Yularen in particular lionizes him due to their past connection, and passes on stories of this valorized version of Rex to his trainees, including a young Kallus, while working at the academy

so when Kallus encounters Rex during the events of Rebels, he's suppressing his urge to fangirl over getting to meet the hero of his mentor's old war stories

after his defection, he convinces Rex to pose for a holo with him and sign it, and sends it to Yularen, who sighs but puts it up in his office on the Death Star

(Darth Vader sees it once, stares at it for five minutes straight, and then never enters Yularen's office ever again)

[archivistofnerddom]

And Rex cackles when Kallus tells him what his plan is. (This is such a little shit thing to do, and he’s here for it.)