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[imaginarymoments]

You don’t know how lucky you are to have a dream. That thing that’s guided your passions and your thoughts. Even if you can’t achieve it one day, you’ve had something that drove you and gave you, if not happiness, meaning. A reason to be.

For the rest of us, we chase the feeling of more, but we don’t even know what more means. Just a longing for something we can’t see, feel or name.

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I can never live as many lives as I want to. I want to be an astronomer. A poet. A writer. A book publisher. An astrophysicist. The owner of cute shop in an ancient town. A leader. A hero. A surgeon. A pianist.

And in the absence of this. I’ll be nothing.

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I’ve seen my life play out before me.

It’s been and gone can’t you see?

The years wasted away.

Waiting for something interesting to say.

No moment was good enough.

I was never truly ready.

A life still left to live.

A crushing weight — what if it isn’t perfect?

You can’t make a move.

Can’t take a step.

Oh, if only you could.

What a life you could achieve.

There’s years ahead but so many gone.

It really is just too late.

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Childhood Wishes

In my old backyard, surrounded by neighbours I actually knew and played with. Family who came to visit. I want to be with them all again. I want the option to be with them all again. I want to go back to when things didn’t matter, when it was just so damn easy to be happy. I never questioned myself or wished I was different. I just was. And I was happy.

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“One of the most poetic facts I know about the universe is that essentially every atom in your body was once inside a star that exploded.”

- Lawrence M. Krauss

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Have you read this book? I found it at my local second handbook shop and couldn’t be more obsessed. If you love space, discussions of life, unsolved mysteries or anything in between this is the book for you. It’s so easy to read and more intriguing than I thought it would.

Does anyone have recommendations of similar books??

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Spoilers!

Not gonna lie, Tech deserved better.

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I’m just upset that we didn’t get to see any mourning. As devastating as it is to have it confirmed that he died, I understand his sacrifice as a pivotal story point and his character still undoubtedly made an impact. But as much as they made it clear that Tech still had such an impact in their lives with the references to him in the finale, it makes me really sad that we didn’t see any of the characters actually grieve. The show demonstrated that he was missed, sure, but he deserved to have his absence actually felt in concrete ways.

Like yes the rest of the characters had a lot to do this season, so I get that the focus was on other things like Omega and Cross’s escape, but it makes me especially sad to end the series with pretty much nothing on how the characters dealt with his loss. When we skipped directly from his death to a life without him without seeing anyone go through the grieving process, the loss of this character doesn’t seem like it meant as much as it should have. Seeing his impact on his family and loved ones in the finale felt less bittersweet and more outright sad.

And hey, I know it’s probably not easy to write out a process as complex as grief and mourning over death when you’re working with a limited number of episodes to finish both a story arc and an entire series, but he absolutely deserved better, and I wish we would have gotten any dialogue or scenes relating to it in the other episodes. I would have appreciated the happy ending for the rest of the characters so much more if I didn’t spend the finale coming to terms with the fact that oh, they did in fact let him die without letting us see the other characters mourn.

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Completely agree!! Like obviously I would have loved for him to live, especially since his entire family made it out and he didn’t (which hurts on a whole other level) but he deserved an actual moment in the show of them grieving and honouring him for what he did. It’s like it happened years ago when you watch season 3, not just a few weeks/months.

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Spoilers!

Not gonna lie, Tech deserved better.

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aah sorry the slight delay, but here's a small snippet of a short fic im thinking of naming "Plan 72" for @imaginarymoments !!! :]

Please enjoy >:)

"Get in." The rodian snaps, shoving Tech on board the ship.

He makes a show of stumbling, ignoring his instincts to catch himself. He watches Echo get dragged onto the shuttle, and follows.

They lift off just as Crosshair sprints towards them.

Echo is tossed carelessly to the floor, suppressing his wince of pain as he lands harshly on the ground.

Tech is shoved in after him, stumbling as the trandoshan manhandles him.

"Careful," Their boss quips, quick to steady Tech. "We don't want our mechanic damaged before we use him."

Echo glares from under the visor. The boss walks away, and the ship jolts as it enters hyperspace.

"Now," The rodian appears at the door. "You. Fix up these droids." The sound of something being dropped onto the floor echoes through the room. "Make it snappy, mechanic."

"Okay." Tech's response is quiet, and he gathers whatever was thrown on the floor. The door shut, and they were left alone.

Echo waited until Tech sighs heavily to breathe again.

"There are no security monitors in here." Tech says into the quiet compartment. "How stupid."

The facade is gone, replaced by mild irritation. The sentiment has Echo sighing in relief. His brother is back.

He turns over to face his brother, grinning under his visor. "You seem to be popular with our new friends." He comments.

Tech sighs again. "Unfortunately." He murmurs, sitting across Echo as he begins to repair the droid.

Echo frowns. "You're actually going to fix them?" He asks. Tech nods. "Why?"

"It is our only viable option for survival as of right now," Tech answers. "I don't know how long that will last, but I will stall as long as I can."

Echo nods slowly. "Alright, what can I do?"

Tech shrugs. "I supposed there is not much else to do but wait. I could improve your internal comm, but that could take a while."

"Then do it first." Echo suggests, already thinking of the worried face of Crosshair before the doors shut in his face.

The sooner he can contact them with their location, the better. Echo didn't enjoy their current company.

Tech nods, and reaches over. Echo feels the difference, searching feverishly for any GAR issued link that he could communicate with.

He sighs. "Nothing." Echo frowns. Tech shrugs. "Keep searching, I will continue to work on these droids."

They work together in silence.

Occasionally, one of the smugglers would peek in, checking in on Tech and his progress. Echo stared at them everytime, glaring slightly whenever they stayed for too long.

Tech pretends not to be bothered.

This is just a random piece from it, I'll probably add some more to it later? There's the intro bit but I didn't wanna give the entire thing away either haha- anyway !! I hope you enjoyed :))

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Watching the Barbie movie and this stopped me in my tracks. Was 100% not expecting to hear Cid deliver some of the most emotional lines of the movie.

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Hunter: Would you guys be there for me if I was going through some stuff?

Tech: No.

Wrecker: Nope.

Echo: absolutely not.

Crosshair: I hope it sucks, whatever you’re going through.

Hunter, laughing: “I hope it sucks”?!

Echo: hope it emotionally scars you for the rest of your life.

Crosshair: I hope you reach out to me so I can ignore you. I can’t wait to go to your funeral, knowing I could have changed the outcome.

Hunter: what the hell! I just asked if you’d be there for me!

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Tech: How long are you going to stay mad at me?

Wrecker: ….ten minutes

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If we don’t get cute Tech flashback scenes in season 3 I’ll fucking riot

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Tech Burrito

Wrecker *tackling Tech while holding a blanket*: Time for sleep!!

*wraps him up tight*

Tech *wriggling*: Let me go!! Let. Me. Go!!!

Wrecker *places the Tech burrito onto his bunk*: Nope.

Hunter *stands over Tech*: Now, you are going to sleep for at least 5 hours.

Tech *still wriggling, trying to escape*: No!

Echo *takes Tech's goggles* Yes. You won't be let out otherwise.

Tech *slowly stops wriggling*: You can't keep me here!

Crosshair *sniggering*: Sure we can. It's not like you can do anything to us from there.

Hunter *pats the burrito's shoulder*: Just sleep Tech.

Omega *puts Tech's tooka doll next to him*: There. Now you can both get some rest.

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I'm not saying fresh off Kamino Tech needed a leash to stop his wandering.

But fresh off Kamino Tech needed a leash to stop his wandering.

It clips from his belt to Hunter's.

Wrecker would wander off with Tech.

Crosshair would drag Tech into objects.

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Wrecker: *pulls back shower curtain while Tech is showering*

Wrecker: are we- stop screaming, it’s me- are we out of mantell mix?

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