Characters: Headshot, Striker, Circuit, Crunch, and Void
Summary: Original Story Concept of the CX Clones in the Bad Batch Series Finale.
Characters & Personality Profiles Seen Here
Mirror Squad Physical Descriptions
Memento's Backstory / AU where he doesn't die.
Broken Mirrors: Circuit & Tech (cadet)
CX-1 story - Pick of the Litter (Hemlock & Cody)
Cross and Crow
(Crosshair, Tech, Omega, and Egg the Crow)
Summary: Crosshair tries to give up on hope, but the persistent crow that visits his cell won't allow this.
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 (Final) | Bonus (Tech & TAY-0)
Available also on AO3
Part 1 with Comic Pages created by @99aceace
The First Toothpick
(Cad Bane, Crosshair (cadet), Jango Fett, Tech (cadet), Hunter (cadet), Wrecker (cadet))
Summary: Cad Bane teaches Crosshair how to be a sniper. The kid picks up some other habits as a result.
Chapters: Ch 1 | Ch 2 | Ch 3 | Ch 4 | Ch 5 | Ch 6 | Ch7 | Ch8 | Ch9 |
Available on AO3 here
Accolades
(Hunter, Crosshair, Wrecker, Echo, Omega, Cody)
Summary: Hunter turns official accolades into something more meaningful for his brothers.
Part One | Part Two | Part Three
Available on AO3 here
Pirate Droids of the Onyx Cinder
Summary: SM-33 is the newest Captain of the Onyx Cinder, but he has two problems: He is broke and he has no crew. He tries to solve the former problem by scavenging the charred, radiated planet of Scarif, only to find an unexpected solution to the latter.
Ch1 | Ch2 | Ch3 | Ch4 | Ch5 Part One | Ch5 Part Two | Ch6 | Ch7 | Ch8 | Ch9 | Ch10 | Ch11 |
Available on AO3 here
Error: Detective Not Found (A Cake Pop Noir)
If you enjoy my writing, please check out my original Novel - Buy it on Amazon or check out Ellyhazel.com
Summary: A queer meet-cute between an android baker and the human agent protecting him from a serial killer.
I'm both new and old to the fandom, I watched it when I was four, then rewatched it as an adult (after a friend sucked me into the MTMTE comic vortex) and it is hysterical!
Unhinged, no guardrails, just chock full of the most insane storylines and unexpected one-liners. Especially Season 2.
Storylines like...
A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (S2Ep22) - Time travel shennanigans. At one point Rumble enters a jousts with Ramjet as his "horse". A masterpiece.
Triple Takeover (S2Ep36) - You think its going to be Starscream, Astrotrain, and Blitzwing taking over, but nope. Astro n' Blitz kick out Starscream and recruit a Uni football coach.
The Girl Who Loved Powerglide (S2, Ep35) - Exactly how it sounds.
Sea Change (S2, Ep37) - Seaspray falls in love.
Hoist Goes Hollywood (S2, Ep38) - Also exactly like it sounds. The show completely abandons the concept of Robots In Disguise, everyone knows who they are and Hoist is hired to be a vehicle stunt double.
War Dawn (S2, Ep44) - Starscream basically tell the Aerialbots to get in the kidnap van and they say "okay!" Also, time travel.
Season 3 honorable mentions...
Starscream's Ghost (S3, Ep9) & Ghost in the Machine (S3, Ep17) You thought Starscream died in the movie? Well, yeah, he did, but now he's a ghost and having an amazing time.
Webworld (S3 Ep16) - Cyclonus has Galvatron committed to a Psychiatric Ward Planet. There's an entire scene where he signs paperwork. It goes about as well as you'd expect.
Grimlock's New Brain (S3, Ep 24) - Grimlock gets a "Flowers for Algernon" storyline.
All the episodes are on Youtube for free on Hasbro Pulse's channel. Watch it beginning to end. Relax your brain, don't worry about the shaky animation, the loose cat hair occasionally on a couple of art frames, the fact that sometimes there will be two Starscreams in one frame, and just Thrust on the next frame. Nothing makes sense and nothing matters and the writers were having a great time.
Here are SM-33, Post-Scarif K-2SO (Kay lives!), and my OC Jukebox (an ex-Imperial Interrogation droid) from my fic The Pirates of the Onyx Cinder about the best Droid-only pirate crew in the galaxy!
Go check out @stealingpotatoes for commissions, she is a delight!
My contribution to @changedzine Changed: A Batch Twins Fanzine.
Characters: Crosshair, Tech, Phee
Summary: A year after the events in the Bad Batch series, Crosshair is finally ready to receive a message from Tech.
Incredible artwork by @collophora
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It started as a joke.
“Watch out for the skinny one’s sparkling personality. It’ll getcha every time.”
Then it became a warning.
“Seriously. If you see that Sparkle in Crosshair’s eye, just run.”
Good. That was the idea.
Crosshair didn’t know when it changed exactly. He used to be the “quiet one” until one day he wasn’t.
Maybe he was tired of Wrecker’s plushies getting broken or Hunter’s bandanas getting stolen.
Whatever it was, the sparkling personality had a life of its own.
There were a lot of bullies, and none of them were safe from that Sparkle.
Crosshair knelt down, helping Tech collect the broken pieces of his goggles.
“Don’t.”
The last of the bullies was running down the hallway, sobbing loudly for a medic.
Crosshair frowned. “Don’t?”
Tech gently nudged Crosshair’s hands away from the broken lenses. “Do not come to my defense.”
“Why not?”
Batting away Crosshair’s attempt to lend a hand, Tech rose to his knees with a grimace. “If you come to my aid whenever I am in a conflict, it will hinder my ability to defend myself when you are not around.”
“I’ll always be there, Techie.”
“That is an impossible prediction, Cross.”
“Yep,” Crosshair puffed up his narrow chest. “An impossible prediction from your impossible twin.”
“Your logic is maddening.”
Crosshair sneered. “That’s why you love me. I challenge your logic.”
Tech huffed. “Just because I do not want your help does not mean I don’t appreciate the sentiment. Wrecker and Hunter may need it. I do not. Lend that sparkling personality to them.”
“Why do they call it that anyway?”
“Evidently, you get a ‘crazed sparkle’ in your gaze while engaging in melee combat.”
“Dunno what they mean,” Crosshair hummed.
“That glint in your eye says otherwise.” Tech squinted at his brother. “Promise me.”
“Fine, fine. No more fighting for you.”
And he kept that promise…more or less.
The Clone Wars kept Clone Force 99 busy, and that sparkling personality became a joke among the brothers and a spooky story officers told shinies and cadets who misbehaved.
Then the war ended. Crosshair missed a lot, some of which he could never get back.
Until he met a pirate with a casual smile and a clever quip on her tongue. It took a year for him to work up the courage to talk to her. It took another few months before he was ready to talk about Tech.
“Well, hey there, Sparkles,” Phee said, sipping a daiquiri as she watched the sunset from her porch.
Crosshair smirked dryly. “I want to talk about that. About that ‘sparkling personality’ Tech told you about.”
“Took you long enough,” Phee grinned. “You’ve only been living here for what…a year now?”
“Eighteen months.”
“Well, Tech said you were never one for impulsive decisions.”
“How much did he tell you?”
“You know Brown Eyes, not exactly a storyteller. Showed me a few recordings though. You were cute kids. It was clear you were the protector of the group.”
Crosshair shifted from one foot to the other, his heart twisting uncomfortably. “How close were you two?”
“Close enough,” Phee said. “Not as close as I’d like, but I understood why he kept his distance. The way he put it…” She adjusted imaginary goggles. “‘Statistically speaking, the level of danger in both our professions would hinder our ability to form a meaningful relationship.’” She sighed. “He wasn’t wrong, but…it didn’t make it any easier.”
Phee pulled out her datapad and casually flung a file at Crosshair. His own datapad buzzed, receiving the data. “That’s for you.”
“What is it?”
“Dunno, but Tech told me if anything happened to him I needed to give it to you when you were ready.”
“How were you supposed to know when I was ready?”
Phee shrugged. “You finally asked about that ‘sparkling personality’ comment. Figured that was the signal.”
“Thanks.”
“Don’t mention it,” Phee said easily.
Crosshair turned to leave.
“Hey, Sparkles,” Phee called out. “If you want to talk about him…or anything at all, I meant what I said. Any friend of Brown Eyes…”
“...is a friend of mine,” Crosshair finished. The smile grew on his face before he could suppress it.
Crosshair retreated to his hut perched on a higher vantage point overlooking the island. From there, he could see all three of his siblings’ huts and had a clear view of Echo’s ship whenever he came to visit.
As the sun sank into the glittering, golden ocean, he swung his legs over the edge of the balcony. The datapad felt heavy in his hands.
He wasn’t ready to see Tech’s message. He wasn’t ready to see Tech at all.
“You must be Crosshair. Tech told me all about your ‘sparkling’ personality.”
It was easy to assume none of his brothers cared enough to talk about Crosshair after they parted ways.
Why would they, after abandoning him, leaving him with the Empire?
Why would they, after he abandoned them on Kamino for the Empire?
Wiping hot tears away from his cheeks, he opened the holo message, like ripping off a bandage from a still-healing wound.
Tech genied out of the projector. The golden Pabu dusklight created a halo around his brother’s image. He looked great. He looked happy.
His shirt was hideous—short-sleeved and covered in palm trees and giant flowers. If Crosshair had been around, he would’ve teased him mercilessly. He’d give anything for that chance.
“Crosshair…”
Tears stung Crosshair’s eyes.
“...Omega is making me record this,” Tech said dryly.
Crosshair let out a laugh coupled with a sob, the tension rushing out of him as he watched the rest of Tech’s message.
***
“Omega is making me record this.”
Tech shifted in his seat, but it is important to note he did not squirm, per se. It was just the chair. Yes, the chair was uncomfortable. Why else would he be squirming?
“She thinks it will help me reconcile with your absence. Personally, I think you would agree this is a useless gesture. You and I have never needed to speak of our feelings. We leave that to Hunter and Wrecker. You and I were different…are different.”
“An impossible prediction from your impossible twin.”
Odd. The memory came rushing back to Tech so suddenly he blinked at the camera, momentarily at a loss for words. A rare event.
Crosshair sneers at Tech. He is missing a front tooth. “That’s why you love me. I challenge your logic.”
It did not occur to him until now that Crosshair had said he loved him. Did he say it back? He couldn’t recall.
Tech didn’t like that he couldn’t recall.
He squirmed again…slightly.
“At the time of this recording, you are with the Empire. Our missions, meanwhile, are becoming progressively more high risk with little reward. Statistically speaking, the level of danger in both our situations means we may never see each other again. Alive, at any rate. If that is the case, you need to know the following…”
Tech leaned forward, and although he was looking at a camera lens, his mind’s eye could see a silver-haired kid with a missing front tooth and a crazed sparkle in his eye.
“That’s why you love me…”
“I love you,” Tech said. “You are my twin, Crosshair. No biological sense is needed. We bring balance to each other. I am your logical anchor, and you are my emotional sail. It works for us, and…I miss it. And your Sparkle.”
Tech adjusted his goggles, disturbed by the moisture collecting in his eyes.
“One day that sparkling personality will emerge again. If not for us, then perhaps for someone you care for. As long as you are happy, I am content.”
Tech felt his smile bloom. Though it was faint, Crosshair would see it. He always did.
***
Tech gave Crosshair a secretive smile, and the recording ended.
Crosshair sat in silence, memories rolling through his mind like the ocean waves crashing against unyielding rocky cliffs.
Cody’s shock as Crosshair pulls the trigger for him, carrying out the order to save the commander from treason.
The lieutenant’s horror as Crosshair pulls the trigger for Mayday…and for himself.
Omega’s earnest gaze as she struggles defiantly in Hemlock’s grasp. It’s her trust in Crosshair that steadies his hand.
Tech was right. Tech was always right. And Tech would be the first to say it.
“I love you too, brother,” Crosshair said, quietly as the last of Pabu’s light disappeared beneath the horizon.
Crosshair pulled out his comm. “Phee.”
“Hey there, Sparkles.”
“I want to talk about Tech.”
Phee’s smile was warm. He could see why Tech liked her. If she needed that sparkling personality, Crosshair would unleash it without question.
Tada!! I'm still figuring out how to shade. I just used a soft airbrush, but Koba showed me how to create shadows with LAYERS, so next time I'm going to try that!
My Transformers OC - Bugbyte (Pre-War)/Skysnipe (Decepticon)
Bugbyte - How it started: A mischievous thief with a spark of gold.
Skysnipe - How its going: A hardened sniper with a spark full of trauma.
These are my first attempts so I'm probably going to redo Bugbyte so he looks less "Bee Movie" and more like a hornet. I practiced shading and the "Add (Glow)" Raster filter. Im also trying to work in more angles instead of all my characters staring right at the camera!
Okay so this is the first time I've done basic shapes and sketches without a literal reference and I think I did okay!
Here are my base sketches too (ignore the blue arm, I colored the wrong layer)
I had two references....and next time I need to actually sit down and find more...and better ones 😅
Still struggling with angles, but that's what this is all for!
EDIT: If anyone has any suggestions let me know! im working in CLIP STUDIO PAINT. Its been pretty accessible so far and I like it better than Photoshop. A friend suggested I put in some light sources to make it POP so I'm going to try that next!
im messaging for any artist or fic recs! im just getting into starwars and reallyyy hyperfixated on prequel/clonewars era. not super fussed about any ships yet but id love to follow more starwars artists and check out any good fics :)
thank you!!! 💕💕💕
Oh hello!!!
First of all thanks you!!!
Second of all I might not be the best to get fic recs from since I got into star wars like... last year? And I entered from the Batch Batch side, went briefly into prequels, and plunged into sequels *coughs* kylux *coughs so I mostly read sequels theses days *sweats
But I still can tags some friend's work:
TCW related:
@k8s--space "More than empty servitude." A long fic about a young women enlisting in the clone army. It's such a brilliant work following along the canon of TCW shows, A must read if you like: clones, lore, just rewatching again the whole show and see all your favs éUè
TBB related (yeah most of them.. *sweats more heavily*
entire fanfic work of @fanfoolishness
Chips on the Fritz by @scarletv0id MintyEcco on AO3
@leapingbadger (AO3 ) wrote tons of fics with light angst and comfort <3
@levi-venn wrote a great Crosshair&Tech fic
if you like well-written Wrecker, the entire work of @electrikworm on AO3
the amazing survival horror "Cost" by @clownery-and-fuckery on AO3
Stranded by The_Absent_Minded_One on Ao3
... I probably forgot a lot of people haha... followers feel free to comment to add recs please please please :0
Oh and I got a tag for fics I like (so much I illustrated them hahah) the fics above are already linked but I might add more who knows XD
@kobadit and I spent 7 hours watching Avatar movies while I drew Minimus Ambus.
I'm still very new at both art AND drawing on a tablet, but I'm really proud of how this turned out!
Huge huge huge thank you to this post by @the1ogrodimus which was my reference for the base and sketch!! It was the first time I used base shapes for drawing and it makes a lot of sense!
