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I’ve been laughing at the concept of Echo pulling the “I’m older” card on the batch

Because Hunter can’t really pull it they’re all pretty much exactly the same age and Omega could but it really doesn’t work except mostly to prove a point.

Echo however.

i can't believe my silly brain never made the connection between Echo "i study reg manuals for fun" Badbatch and how quickly he would be able to memorize Clone Force 99's long list of plan codes.

like i imagine Tech gives him the entire list and just says "here take some time to memorize these please," expecting that Echo will take at least a week, if not more.
then like literally the next day or two, it comes up in conversation somehow that Echo has already memorized the entire list. and no one believes him, Tech especially. so Tech quizzes him. and he gets everything right. so Tech quizzes him more. this draws the attention of the others. they all start drilling Echo on plan #s and he gets every single one correct on the first try. they're gobsmacked. they try to prove he's cheating somehow but can't. Tech just smiles and lets out one of his rare "i am impressed".

Echo and his pet duck who me and @lifblogs named Han

Is FINISHED!

It’s absolutely ridiculous and I love it!!! There will be more pictures of echo and his pet duck to come soon :)

Masterlist

From TCW to TBB, he's come a long way. We love you, Echo! 😊

Echo when talking about Omega: This is my beautiful gorgeous angel, who has never done one thing wrong in her entire existence!

Echo when talking about the rest of clone force 99: and those piles of lard have warrants in three star systems. 

Thoughts on Echo as a Senator

I’ve seen a ton of people saying the Fives would be the perfect representative of the clones in an AU where Order 66 was forestalled and the clones were able to obtain rights and a Senate seat, etc… but I actually think he’s the wrong Domino twin to assume this role. I think the perfect, most willing and capable person to represent the clones would be Echo.

Note: I’m still working my way through certain seasons of TCW, so bear with me on this… I might update this post later based on new observations. (I’m stopping the analysis at the end of the TCW Bad Batch arc because the only way I see Echo actually becoming a senator is if Order 66 was stopped by the clones and the Jedi.)

1. In the Clone Cadets episode when Echo and Fives go to Shaak Ti to ask for a transfer, Fives doesn’t say very much because Echo is the one taking the lead. Echo is the one advocating for himself and his brother. As much as he doesn’t want his squad to fail as a whole, he definitely doesn’t want Fives to get stuck on Kamino as a ‘defect’ and he doesn’t want to, either. He’s willing to go above their trainers’ heads and speak directly to the Jedi (who the clone may or may not be very fond of at the point depending on what they’ve been taught on Kamino, because there’s no way Shaak could have personally interacted with every single trooper) in charge, demonstrating a resolve and sense of justice that required him to do something regardless of how effective his request might be.
2. In Rookies, Echo isn’t the first to speak to Cody and Rex when they arrive after the attack, but he is the one who tried to share helpful information that would have kept his brothers safe and displayed sorrow for Cutup when they didn’t listen. (The sergeant also looked to Echo first for information after the attack and didn’t really have anything to say to him while chastising the others at the beginning, so that’s something, too.) He speaks up to answer Rex’s questions, and though he still shows concern later on when they retake the base because he doesn’t want to lose any more of his squad, he’s the first to present the liquid tibanna as a way to even the odds (a plan that while a bit crazy, was formulated quickly and logically and ultimately succeeded).
3. In On the Wings of Keeradaks, not only does Echo push himself to the brink as soon as he’s out of that stasis chamber in order to help his siblings, most of whom he has never met, escape the Techno Union, he turns the results of how his captors butchered his body into their escape plan by hacking the systems and plotting their way out.
   
   There are so many more things in this episode that I could include in this list, but the main one that comes to mind is how Echo reacts when Rex points at him and says look what they did to my brother. He doesn’t cower back, ashamed to let his scars and trauma be seen – he steps forward. At this point he has been starved and enslaved, saddled with eternal medical, physical, and spiritual trauma, and yet instead of sitting down to process his own pain this man walks forward on legs that are a representation of how he was mutilated and hurt, baring a chest that’s scarred and caving in from the torment he’s endured, to present himself as a warning of what will happen to others if action isn’t taken, as a prophet of what evil exists hidden beyond the sheen of compliance most people don’t want to peek past. 
4. Can I say anything about Unfinished Business that isn’t abundantly clear? Echo pushed himself to the limit again, trying to prove his loyalty but also doing his best to protect Rex and, unbeknownst to him, his newfound squad. He almost fries himself in Tambor’s ship and then leaves everything he’s ever known, the only close brother he has left, to help where he can (plus he gets four new brothers out of the deal but still, that’s a major sacrifice).

Basically, I love Echo to death and think HE is actually the one who would do best in representing the clones in the Senate, because he is...

1. Selfless
2. Loyal
3. Determine
4. A Leader.

This wasn’t supposed to be so long but oh well.

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