#stellar rambles

......I can't believe you ACTUALLY sent me this ask!!! I literally cried, this made me so happy! Buckle up- you're gonna regret this!

Forgotten Lullabies- The most important aspect of this story, which I will mention first because I want to make sure people know this, is that I began to write this story for a dear friend of mine who loved Bad Batch as much as me... This past November, that friend died very suddenly... and she never got to finish reading it... so I took a hiatus when writing it, but am determined to take my time and make it as good as she thought it could be. With that being said, this is my current WIP and I cannot BEGIN to describe HOW MUCH thought and love I have put into it and how much it means to me. I even wrote a full SONG for it! If I could play an instrument, I’d have shared it by now, but I’ve only recorded it acapella and it sounds strange because I hate my voice. LOL! I do have someone who is looking to write music for it at some point though! But hey, I'll likely post a recording if people want. It is a multi-chapter fic that follows one of the Batch’s first missions in part one, and then their return to the planet it took place on in part 2. It sounds super boring, but I promise it's not. It's got a crazy lady scientist, pirates, family bonding, delves into the backgrounds and drive of each character and, honestly, all my stuff is canon compliant, so I personally like to think it's giving more character background that doesn't technically exist. LOL! It has fluff, angst, whump, you name it! The relationships in it could be platonic or romantic, it's entirely up to the reader! Part one takes place during the Clone Wars, while Part 2 (which I haven’t posted) will take place during early Season 2 of the Bad Batch. I have so many great plans for this fic, and I hope everyone will love it as much as I do!

Mind Games- The Batch suffer from a Mind Swap while on a mission- their minds get swapped into each other’s bodies and the chaos that ensues is fun. Unlike most mind swap stories I’ve seen, I think I managed to make sure this wasn’t weird at all. I actually think it's pretty funny! :D This was my first Bad Batch fic! I put so much love and time into this and I treasure it so much! It was also the first time I’d ever fully finished writing a story, and I was so proud of myself for it! My favorite part? Ooh… that’s hard, and I don’t wanna give spoilers because this is a multi-chapter fic. But I love all of it!

When Dominos Fall- This is an Echo based fic, focusing on his earlier days with the Batch and his recovery and coping with PTSD. Obviously nowhere near as much as our dear Echo, but I suffer from anxiety attacks and panic attacks regularly, and the feelings of self-blame you experience and the struggle to stay in reality and not get trapped in your head with all the memories and traumas can be very hard, because you just spiral. Trying to portray that in this story was hard, only because I had such a hard time WORDING EVERYTHING! My favorite part? That’s hard… but I’m gonna say when Hunter sat with Echo and talked to him while messing with the Domino pieces.

Promises- This was both self-indulgent and also a gift for @returnofahsoka inspired by their fic “Stick Together.” My favorite part? Probably when the Batch is all just sitting in the cockpit together being nostalgic. I just liked giving these subtle nods to @returnofahsoka's story. @alligatorpie1945 even made a little comic for their story a while back! Definitely go check their fic it out!!! It's so sweet!

Broken Parts- Okay, this is a Tech and Omega bonding story, written back during season one. I thought they needed more moments together and decided fix that; I was also feeling very nostalgic and emotional when I wrote it. I think my favorite part is when Omega is trying to catch fireflies and Tech is thinking about Crosshair. I always thought that if one member of the Batch would insist they go after Cross, other than Omega, it would be Tech…. turns out I was right and I hate myself for it….

But yeah, that's a little summary/thoughts on each of those fics! I'll eventually be adding all of them to Tumblr, but adjusting the format takes a little bit of time and I don't want to post them all at once. ^-^'

Sebastian keychain/sticker design that I was going to turn into merch to sell, but with everything that happened I'm leaving him up for open source so anyone can do anything with him (by that I mean use him for making personal merch!)

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