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I started playing the game yall

[starborn-storyteller]

hang on I have to rant

if you're not already aware, the five-man band is a literary device used to classify teams of 5 characters. it's what I call an external trope, meaning that you fit the trope to the characters, they don't innately have it.

a:tla has a pretty solid one, and it's well known enough, so I'm gonna use it to show you what I mean

it is comprised of:

the Leader, who directs the group and is usually the main character (aang)

the Lancer, who serves as character foil to the Leader and is often a bad-guy-turned-good or rogue element (zuko)

the Big Guy, who solves physical problems for the team and is frequently a goofball (toph)

the Smart Guy, who solves technical/logistical problems for the team and typically serves as an "idea guy" (sokka)

and the Heart, who solves emotional problems for the team- if there's only one girl, she's probably the Heart (katara)

there are three star wars groups I want to look at: delta squad, domino squad, and clone force 99.

first is domino squad, as they fit this trope the easiest.

fives is the Leader, the most strategizing one in the group

droidbait is the Lancer, far less cautious and more prone to injury than the others (the foil to fives' effectiveness)

hevy is the Big Guy, serving the oh-so-common "big gun demolitions expert" variant

echo is the Smart Guy, in the "guys, come on, stick to the PLAN" variant

cutup is the Heart, lightening the mood with jokes (hence the name)

the first to die is droidbait, leaving echo to serve as fives' foil, which allows us to see that fives is probably the most prototypical clone of the bunch. then hevy sacrifices himself, and cutup gets eaten, leaving only fives and echo until the Citadel arc which I haven't yet seen.

then we have delta squad. the thing about delta squad is that there are four of them, and while the four-man band is a thing, they make this perfect incomplete five-man band that I think is really really tasty.

boss (player character) is the Leader, guiding the team

sev is the Lancer, playing the "snarky rogue" archetype

scorch is the Big Guy, again the "big gun demolitions" variant- but with the added flavor of being very by-the-book (which we see the consequences of when he aligns with not only the empire but doctor hemlock himself in tbb)

fixer is the Smart Guy, tech expert

notice anything?

there's no Heart.

and that works. these are clone commandos- meant to be the most effective troops the republic has. they almost never interact socially outside of their squad, and when they do it's kept pretty professional.

we see that again in clone force 99, or as they call themselves, the bad batch

hunter is the Leader, his enhanced senses leaving him the most generalist of the batch (and also he's technically their sergeant)

crosshair is the Lancer, a "silent, ruthless efficiency" type

wrecker is the Big Guy, "big gun demolitions" variant yet again (I told you it was common) in the goofball flavor

tech is the Smart Guy, btw he's really well done and it never feels like he just "knows because he's smart" you can always tell how he figures things out

again, there's no Heart. but wait.

in the Bad Batch arc in clone wars, they pick up another member- echo. we don't see much of echo's interaction with the batch in that arc, but when we come back, echo is solidly in a sort of almost-but-not-quite Heart role. and then.

omega shows up in the "sixth ranger" role, there to shake up the group dynamic. throughout season one, we see omega slowly take over echo's role as Heart- and as this happens, it becomes clear that that was the role he was playing, as he talks hunter through how to best take care of omega. but omega, tagalong kid as she is, is much, much more suited to the Heart role than echo, and she takes his place- which allows echo to run off and have his own adventures with rex throughout seasons two and three, WHICH WORKS because echo is a regular clone who joined the batch later in life and thus isn't quite the same as the others, but omega is a deviant clone just like them!

[howie-ner-cyare]

SCORCH?!

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[sky-ham]

I talked with my dad last night about getting KOTOR and it brought up Star Wars: Republic Commando in the discussion, being a game I enjoyed so much with my cousins as a kid. The 3 of us used to assign ourselves to the members of Delta Squad, me being Sev (07) and my cousins being Fixer (40) and Scorch (62). I remember that as my first experience bonding with characters in a game, despite being a shooter. Scorch was my favorite because of his humor, and I still remember... I... remember...

I remember his voice. Clear as day. It can’t be. Holy shit, no way-

No way. I can’t believe I didn’t make the connection earlier.

I knew there was a reason why Kaidan felt like a long-lost brother.

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Welcome, to SOME-WHAT RELATABLE COMICS! SWRC is where i make random comics that people may or may not relate to. some comics ill have to do with artist problems, writer problems, things in life, ect. the comics will be digital or traditional. the hashtags that i will use for this series are: #my art #SWRC #comics #some-what relatable comics and thats all for now (i may add more!) i hope that at least one of you will enjoy this series! welp, thats it for now!!! hope you enjoy!

[howie-ner-cyare]

Hi this is extremely random but I was thinking about the deltas with pets and I was wondering who would be like the dad who doesn't want to have a pet but ends up loving them? Like Boss is kinda the dad of the squad but Fixer gives me strong "no pets but the moment you adopt one they're inseparable" vibes. So what do you think?

I agree with you anon, Fixer is definitely That Dad™️. Boss would say no to Scorch bringing in a pet but wouldn't scold him too much when it turns out he really brought a pet home. Sev would also sneak in a pet but does a [Sneak 💯] until somehow a Delta member finds it rummaging around food when Sev wasn't looking😂😳

Either way despite Fixer's adamant behavior of no pets allowed he's the one that takes the most care of them (thus making Sev and Scorch's pets stuck more to him, much to the latter both's chagrin and Boss' amusement). And Fixer himself didn't realise just how much he's grown to love and care for them...obviously he denies it

Somehow, Scorch managed to secretly took a picture of Fixer secretly enjoying affection from the pets...

click for higher resolution!

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run

Scorch: If I run and leap at Fixer, he will most certainly catch me in his arms! Scorch: Coming in! Fixer: No! I’m holding holocrystals!

*CLANK*