Thanks for making me cry

arctrooper-ross:

You know, I wonder how long it took for Rex’s men to trust
him after Umbara or if they ever did? Fives was basically the commander on
Umbara—let’s be honest. A lot of the men looked toward Fives during and after Umbara
and I can imagine they had certain thoughts about Rex (especially given rex didn’t
stand up to Krell esp when jesse and
fives were gonna be executed.)

Like so his relationship between he and his men had to
dwindle. And after Fives died…I think it completely dissipated? Because the men
already lost so much trust in Rex when he wouldn’t stand up to another Jedi for
Fives. From their perspective, I feel they blamed the Jedi (especially Anakin)
for Fives’ death, and for not helping him. And again, Rex was there and he didn’t
stand up for him. And this time Fives died.

So no, I can’t see his men ever fully trusting him again. In my AUs
where he deserts, that makes things easier for him. He feels like his men won’t
miss him when he’s gone; he feels like a failure. But in canon, it’s painful. And
what’s even more painful is during Order 66, he may have to kill some of his men to save Ahsoka and
damn…that’s gonna be tough for him. I can’t imagine how he’d feel after that.