For the Star Wars asks: 7, 11, and 29 (pretty sure I know the answer to the last one though). :)
7: If you could choose any profession to have in the GFFA, what would you be?
Well... lol I'm already a writing and history nerd. So I would probably stay along the same lines and keep focusing on that. Like, being an archivist for an entire galaxy?? sign me up. Even if I'm not a Jedi and don't get to meet the legendary Jocasta Nu, I'd do it
11: Which planet would you want to call home?
Honestly, Alderaan. Not only are the Organas amazing, but it's beautiful, the people valued the arts (at least in Legends), and it just sounds like a place I would fit in well
29: Which character doesn't get enough credit or screentime?
Oh yeah, you definitely know this one. Droidbait!!! Give him more screentime, LF cowards. And also just the clones during the Clone Wars in general. But yeah, give me more of Domino and specifically DB
Hmm this is hard solely because it’s hard for me to pick one thing... honestly, a good bit of it is his character growth from yelling at Domino about the rules to becoming an ARC who becomes one of the best strategists in the GAR
Least favorite thing about them
This is literally not on him but production should’ve shown him and Fives being ARCs more before the Citadel Arc happened
Favorite line
Not a line, but the moment when he turns back when joining the Bad Batch and salutes Rex
brOTP
this is so obvious lol Him and Fives!! Domino twins!! I love them
OTP
Like I said, I don’t really have too many Clone Wars ships
nOTP
Like I said, anything with the other clones is a no from me
Random headcanon
I’ve said this like 3 times now but I’ll say it again: I really like the concept of Fives and Echo being actual twins with Echo as the older of the two
Unpopular Opinion
I don’t think I have one of these for him lol
Song I associate with them
(This sounds like a cop-out but it isn’t I swear) Echo by Crusher-P ft. dj-Jo. There’s this one line that goes “My enemy’s invisible, I don’t know how to fight” and it makes me think of him with the Techno Union :(
Favorite picture of them
This one. It’s from Rookies, when they spot more droids headed toward the base (the lighting sucks but such is the way of poorly lit animated shows ig)
For a word or phrase prompt, how about "If I hear you say that one more time..."
I read this and got smacked in the face by Echo and Kix feels, so here you go. Did you know they don't actually interact on-screen? Here's me saying "screw you Filoni" about that and the fact that Kix is supposedly already in cryo at this time
Briefest Respite
“Please, Kix. I’m feeling better than I have since probably before Lola Sayu,” Echo pleaded. “I’ll be fine.”
“If I hear you say that one more time, I’ll, I dunno, cry or something,” the medic replied. Echo had said it a handful of times since Rex had returned with him, trying to convince Kix to release him. So far, Kix had held his ground, but, well, Echo’s return had shaken things up for everyone.
Echo quirked an eyebrow. “Are you trying to guilt me into staying in the medbay now?”
“Is it working?” He tried to smile back and fell short. He shook his head. “I can’t joke about it. We lost you, Echo, and just got you back. I don’t want you getting hurt any more than you already are.”
Echo looked away, eyebrows furrowing. “Sorry.”
“It’s not your fault,” Kix replied, sidestepping in an attempt to catch his brother’s eye again. “Well, the trying to get out of the medbay part is. The rest isn’t.”
The other man gave half a chuckle, still avoiding eye contact.
Kix gave up on that and sat next to him, to his right. He stayed still, watching his brother out of the corner of his eye silently. The only sounds came from the beeping of heart monitors, the clanging of minor supplies, and the few conversations from other patients and visitors.
The ARC was too stiff. "Can I put my arm around your back?" Kix asked softly.
Echo hesitated before nodding. "Carefully," he whispered.
Kix gently wrapped his left arm around the ARC, resting his hand on his left shoulder. He tried to avoid touching his spine more than necessary, but the hold didn't work well for that. Echo stiffened at the touch, but relaxed after a moment where Kix lightened the pressure as much he could while keeping a firm grip.
Slowly, Kix put his other arm around his brother, drawing him closer into a hug. Echo leaned into it, shifted, and dropped his head onto the medic's shoulder. He rubbed circles into Echo's shoulder with his thumb, reflecting on the situation.
He wished there was more he could do. The team of medics had already started treating the malnourishment and side-effects of long-term cryo. They'd set up a PT schedule to help him get used to the cybernetics properly. They'd even managed to take off what they could of the Techno Union's "enhancements." Just thinking about what those sleemos had done to his brother left a bad taste in his mouth. He was pretty sure what Echo had told them when he’d first returned barely scratched the surface, not wanting to delve into details more than necessary. Kix couldn’t blame him.
The Techno Union is neutral, my eye, he thought.
And if he couldn't treat the mental side-effects as completely as the physical ones, well, that wasn't going to stop him from trying. Every day longer the war lasted, the more he wished they had access to what the Senate believed they didn’t need. Kriffing Kaminoans.
"Is there anything else I can do to help?" he asked, just loud enough for Echo to hear. "Anything to make it seem less like there?"
Force knew Kamino gave too many brothers bad memories and reactions to medbays. The medics tried their best to combat that, aided by the fact that facilities on Kamino looked nothing like the ones on the ships or barracks on Coruscant. Before, Echo hadn’t been too affected by such things, but now, oh, now, Kix had no doubt Skako Minor had changed that.
Echo shook his head slightly. “This — the touching — helps. Reminds me ‘m here now. Can't remember much ‘bout the medical facilities there other than bright lights and pain, either. Still know the layout ‘cause of the whole…yeah. The rest of the place disregarding that, though...”
Oh, Echo.
Kix risked gripping his shoulder tighter. Echo didn't pull away.
"Wish the others could be here," his brother mumbled into his shoulder.
The others. Others, here and gone. There were too many people who could be counted in the “others” now. Echo's batchmates, past Torrent members he might not know died yet, ones he did know died. Current members of Torrent he did know. Perhaps Commander Cody, he'd met him and Rex at the same time, hadn't he? Jesse, on shift in the hangar. Rex, meeting with the generals. Fives.
"Guess you're stuck here with me for now," he said instead.
"'M okay with that. For now," came the reply.
"If you're going to try to sneak out, do me the courtesy of waiting until Coric takes over my shift, okay?"
That got a laugh. "Okay."
"I'll hold you to it."
"I know, Kix. You always do."
Kix rested his cheek on Echo's forehead. "Missed you, vod'ika. Glad to have you back."
Echo threw his flesh arm around the medic's side and pressed himself closer. "Missed you, too, baar'ur'ika. Missed you, too."
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Mando’a Translations
Vod’ika: Dear brother
Baar'ur'ika: Baar'ur is medic. 'ika is an affectionate diminutive
I almost ended this on a sadder note about Kix in cryo so you're welcome lol
Echo for the ask game, because I'm curious if the answer is Clone Cadets or Rookies. ;)
Which episode/arc do you rewatch the most?
Clone Cadets. I have a love/hate relationship with Rookies bc only Echo and Fives survive so Clone Cadets because it's full Domino content the whole time :')
Y'know what, I'm gonna do it. Droidbait for the character asks.
:D this took forever sorry
Favorite thing about them
Not straying into fanon or Dominoes or anything (haha), that he manages to stick out as a valuable member of Domino even though production obviously only added him in as an afterthought
Least favorite thing about them
Where is his screen time, Filoni??? 5 minutes is NOT enough
Also why isn’t his delete scene included in the episode smh it’s 30 seconds long
Favorite line
He has so few lines :(( Maybe “I’m going to draw their fire, you guys blast him” during Domino’s second attempt at the final because it’s him 1) risking himself for his brothers and 2) him feeling comfortable helping them out and understanding his role in the squad
brOTP
Him and the rest of Domino! Specifically, I like to hc that he’s close with Cutup but with 5 minutes of screentime, I don’t have much to back that up with hm :/
OTP/nOTP
Again, I don’t really ship the clones and definitely not with each other
Random headcanon
(don’t mind me restating some things I’ve mentioned before) He’s a bit more tactily (is that a word?) affectionate, kinda like Fives but a tad more gently. In Clone Cadets, when Cutup’s like “they’re so much better than us” and Fives nudges him with a “knock it off!” DB also nudges him, much more softly, on his other side so.....
Unpopular Opinion
Not so much an unpopular opinion but more of “I’ve watched Clone Cadets so many times I’ve picked up on details most people haven’t” but DB is actually a great shot when he’s not...being...droid... bait.....
Song I associate with them
There’s this song called “Bait” by SnapKar and idk what genre it falls under but there’s no lyrics and it’s a great studying or reading bg song
Favorite picture of them
I have so many pictures of him, but this one’s probably my favorite one that’s him and only him
Switching this up a bit, this is actually from Chapter 5, not 4, though I did add to Chapter 4... This is from Jesse’s POV:
He took a deep breath and looked up. Fives stood in front of him, a smile on his face which faded when he caught sight of Jesse’s face. “Hey,” he said, softer, crouching down in front of him. “What happened?”
For the OC asks: future and skin, your pick of character(s).
Hi!
I already answered Future, so, let's go for skin:
skin: How comfortable is your OC in their skin? Do they grapple with anything that lives inside them—a beast, a curse, a failure, a monster? How do they face the smallest, weakest, most horrible version of themself? Are they able to acknowledge it at all?
I will be trite and say that both Percival and Nadine are haunted by that version of themselves XD But I mean it.
I think it is deeper in the case of Nadine, because she feels she has failed at life and that it is all her own doing. That she disappointed the people that loved her by marrying James so hastily, that somehow she made his death worse by pushing him into marrying her (an attempt at dispelling his foreboding and force upon him a wish to live), that her isolation and "settling" for an obscure job in a hidden place are her own fault and self-imposed punishment... she's outwardly kind and cheerful towards others -they don't deserve to be punished for her faults- and it's become her escape from her inner self.
Percival lives in desperate resignation -his conscience doesn't sting him- but he definitely indulges too much in gloomy thoughts of what was and what could have been and cannot be. He once was the darling boy of his town, he delighted in doing all kinds of small services to the old ladies of the parish, he had a future in a profession he loved, aspirations of planning and building things that would make him remembered after his death. And now he's a virtual prisoner of his old home, of his dad's job, of a crumbling house and a body that no longer readily obeys all his wants and needs -a body that now requires constant care, constant calculation of exertion, which refuses him rest. And the longer he goes round and round that noria of despair, the harder it will be for him to accept and embrace all that he can still live and love and do.
