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crosshairs-dumb-pimp-gf Ā· 1 month ago
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"I want you there ..."
Tech Grief Ficlette
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Warnings: Sad, Grief.
Summary: A grown up Omega has some news for an old friend.
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Omegaā€™s boots crunched along the gravel of the familiar path. It had been a while since she had trekked back to Pabu, now the sea breeze danced about her, caressing her cheeks like a welcome from an old friend.Ā 
Her portfolio case swung from one hand, the familiar broken goggles from the other. She was almost never seen without them. Today though, she was heading to a special place on Pabuā€¦ the place she came to talk while she finished growing up. Talk to him.Ā 
The cliff line finally broke, giving her a gorgeous view of the sunset. Brilliant orange, just like the amber glass in her hand. She sat at the rocks edge, opened her portfolio and with a sigh, slipped on the goggles.Ā 
She hit record.Ā 
ā€œHey, Techā€¦ it's been a while, I wanted to update you on what I've been up toā€¦ā€
It had been forever since she talked to him like this, panic and dread had set in one day when she realized the internal data storage was running low. She didn't want it to loop and record over anything but today was worth talking to himā€¦ formally.Ā 
She pulled out the first etching, a dark umbra alive with bonfires and crude little drawings of people.Ā 
ā€œI've been doing well with the rebellion, we won an important skirmish a few months ago, Partied after harder than Hunter says you guys didā€¦ but I guess he might have down played what you boys got up toā€¦ā€
She trailed off, stroking the figures around the little fire, just to have her hand come away black with sooty medium. She furrowed her brow, and wiped her fingers on her pants before drawing out another sketch.Ā 
ā€œThisā€¦ well, I was trying to design a call mark for the hull of the marauderā€¦ nothing really worked out,ā€
There were over a dozen half finished figures with exs through them, and scattered notes. It wasn't what she was really after. She looked more carefully through her etchings, finally pulling out one of a full body figure. Their back was on full display and every detail and shadow had been filled in lovingly.Ā 
ā€¦
ā€œI'm getting married soonā€¦ it's gonna be here, on Pabu. I met them out there and well, life is short on the battlefieldā€¦ you know that more than any soā€¦ā€
A lump was starting to form in her throat but she swallowed the old pain gracefully, continuing.Ā 
ā€œI'm planning on wearing your gogglesā€¦ so you can come to, I just wanted to give you a heads up beforeā€¦ before you were just, walking me down the aisleā€¦ I hope that's okay,ā€
It was nonsense, but it always felt like putting his goggles on and pressing recordā€¦ it was like Tech could open his eyes again for a brief moment.Ā 
ā€œI was always gonna wear them anywaysā€¦ Hunter insists he should be the one to walk me, but Wrecker said it was unfair and I think it upset Crosshair tooā€¦ they're taking turns now. Hunter starts, Wrecker in the middle and Cross'll finish itā€¦ but you'll be with me the whole timeā€¦ I want you thereā€¦ā€
She stopped the recording and whipped the goggles off, squeezing her eyes as a few hot tears grazed her cheeks. It had been a long time since she last cried for Tech, but the heightened stress of the past few weeks left her vulnerable to the old wounds.Ā 
I'm sorry, I shouldn't have insisted we go, it's my faultā€¦
She caught the thoughts there, releasing them with a shaky sigh as the cycles of grief lit through her for the life that should have been. Thoughts she'd never be rid of even though she knew they weren't true, almost a comfort that she could still feel his absence so greatlyā€¦ that she never forgot.Ā 
Catching her breath, she checked the remaining storage. Only a few hours leftā€¦Ā 
I hope this is okay ā€¦ I want you there.Ā 
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falconfeather23435 Ā· 10 months ago
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Can we talk about how legendary Wolffeā€™s entrance was though? Like, the writers knew what they were doing when they had him appear at the end of ep6 like that, with the turn & everything
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phantom-of-the-501st Ā· 2 years ago
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Me when someone says they don't like Echo
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the-bi-space-ace Ā· 3 months ago
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It has been a little bit since tbb ended and even longer since ā€œPlan 99ā€ aired and Iā€™m still sitting here completely crushed. I miss Tech. I miss him and Iā€™m still so upset and I donā€™t want to be a complainer but Iā€™m still so gutted by season 3 and *gestures to everything* and I just feel so emotional about it.
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prahacat Ā· 8 months ago
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theory on the fluidity of minds and souls
The first three acts of Asajjā€™s life. A how-to on finding yourself. Experimental prose, 1k words | Read on ao3
How to be a Jedi
(1) Donā€™t listen to the old man.
(2) Child, he says, donā€™t cry. Here on Rattatak, we are Jedi the best we can. Hereā€™s how to be a temple to each other: brush the red dust from your face before you go to sleep. Brush the dust from his face too. Share the dirty water without flinching, like trusting him comes natural and easy to you. Teach him what to eat, cook for him stews of insects and herbs and if he wonā€™t eat those, tell him youā€™re sorry, this is all you have. This is all anyone has. Sit and guard the fire while he sleeps; trust him to guard you while you do the same. When you move up north, donā€™t light a fire at night so the warlords wonā€™t spot you.
(3) Learn to be kind.
(4) When they kill him
donā€™t rage
donā€™t rage
grieve
but donā€™t rage, donā€™t let it consume you
How to be a Sith
(1) Donā€™t listen to the old man.
(2) All men are liars. So are the women, so is everyone, but the men are more dangerous to you, especially the older ones. Never let him know (he knows anyway). Forget. Never look back. Donā€™t cry when he throws lightning at you; when youā€™re alone again, press your fingers against your temples to relieve the headache. Make the silence your friend. Ask questions, but donā€™t ask too many or the wrong ones; his anger will teach you which are the wrong ones. Watch out for his anger, but learn to watch out for his sharp-edged smiles too. If he offers you food or a weapon, take it; if he gives you a name, hunt them down. If he offers you a glass of wine, sit and drink and look for the lesson: which tool is he trying to shape you into? A blade, a shadow, a shield, a smoke bomb? Be grateful for what you have because he is offering you more power than he offered anyone else, because he thinks you can take the lessons and not fail, the way so many others did.
So this is how you will live: be wary of cups you havenā€™t filled yourself. Hide daggers everywhere: in your boots, under the folded cloak you use as a makeshift pillow, in your dreams. Keep the holoproj next to your bedroll, make sure itā€™s always charged, make sure itā€™s never muted. Hereā€™s a list of essential things you need to have at hand at all times: spare energy cores for your saber, medpacs and bactaspray, stimcaf and sleeptabs, protein wafers in an osmosis pack in case you canā€™t swallow anything. Itā€™s better not to stare at the stars for too long when youā€™re traveling. Navigation is all theyā€™re good for. Be grateful for what you have. Itā€™s really all you need: a place for the pain to go and a place to come home to. It doesnā€™t matter if theyā€™re the same place, and if one day you should catch him pressing his fingers against his temples, pretend you didnā€™t see. Go skewer some boys instead. Thereā€™s that Jedi again: flirt, tease, smile at him with your dewberry-colored lips and painted eyes, so he knows you want to be here, you enjoy what you are. And if you suspect or know that he too has a list of essential things, and that his list is the same as yours, the same as everyoneā€™s these days, donā€™t let on.
(3) Never forget to hate yourself.
(4) Donā€™t fall for the blade, itā€™s not your friend; it will take away everything you own. Itā€™s very simple. He wonā€™t protect you. You canā€™t protect them. Always expect betrayal; always expect loss.
And when that day comes
ā€”it will inevitably comeā€”
remember your grief and how it was a dull, useless knife to you.
How to be a ???
How to figure out what who you are
(1) Stay alone.
(2) Boil the water before you use it for soup. Strain it and collect the pulp, the gritty dark things you donā€™t know how to name. Everything tastes like ashes and dust, thatā€™s all you know. Buy some soap and scrub your hands. If you wake with a start in the middle of the night, pressure crushing your chest and your breathing quick and ragged in the quiet of your room, remember to inhale, count to four, exhale, count to four. Lie still and watch the darkness shed from the light. In the morning, roam the markets, buy something against the headache, something to hide your face, something to scrub your hands. When you walk through the streets, pull your hood low. Tell the spice dealers to leave you alone, always stop after one glass of whiskey, tell the men at the corner to fuck off. There will be days when you wake in unfamiliar places; at least try not to have two of them in a row if you can help it. Watch the sunrise. Tell no-one about your past (they know anyway; probably). Always expect betrayal, always expect loss. Forget. Never look back.
(3) Learn to be kind again.
(4) Get some credits, buy a saber; any saber you can find, as long as itā€™s still alive. Hold it in your hand, gently, feel the worn hilt that has passed through other hands. Were they cruel? Were they kind? Maybe. Did they protect, did they kill? Who knows. It doesnā€™t matter to you.
Hereā€™s what you need to do to make this saber yours:
calibrate the focusing ring, install a strong core, toss away the parts you donā€™t need, polish the metal often, swing the saber daily, trust your hand again, close your eyes, listen, be patient, feel how your crystal talks to you, feel it resonate, feel it hum, learn a new language.
Yellow is a good color.
Itā€™s going to take a long time.
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bbgoffic Ā· 5 months ago
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I don't like doing WIP posts too often, but like...look at them.
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gonky-kong Ā· 1 year ago
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If you think about that scene in Kamino Lost from Crosshair's perspective he just wakes up and is literally about to fucking drown like I'd be pissed off too lmao
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magicandmundane Ā· 9 months ago
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ME RIGHT NOW
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chaotic-kitty Ā· 9 months ago
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Regarding Techs death.....I think I figured out why I've have difficulties comprehending the idea that he is dead. ((Besides not wanting to let him go / denial))
That's because we literally didn't see a body. We saw his goggles, sure, but that's not actual proof. As far as my brain is concerned, he's still falling (cue loki falling meme). Because that's the last we saw of him. We didn't see him take his last breath, or hit the bottom, or drown, or get crushed, or anything. So because we didn't get to see him actually die, we only saw him fall. My brain just does not understand, doesn't comprehend it. It understood the implications (hence the many many weeks of tears and heartache) but that's about it.
And that's one of the reasons I think I need something more with his story, to prove that he lived or that he did in fact die. Because if not, he'll forever just be falling in my memories šŸ˜­
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mcd217 Ā· 9 months ago
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Why do all of my favorite ships get blown the fuck up???
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crosshairs-dumb-pimp-gf Ā· 16 days ago
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This probably isn't going to go any where, but it was a fun evening, lol.
Okay but if I did:
Premise would be working in the bordello version of 79s... Guess what I called it? Anywho, it would mostly just start out as a brothel simulator with clone smut.
I'd begin by just making some shiny's (various personalities, part of the challenge would be feeling them out and deciding how to act for them) but then slowly add in named clones, romance story lines, special event characters and hell, other OCs if its wanted.
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These are the only assets I have for this lol.
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Some tastful lil'tags
@feral-ferrule @cloneflo99 @thecoffeelorian
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falconfeather23435 Ā· 8 months ago
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YALL WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT
YES THIS IS ABOUT THE BAD BATCH
NO TECH AS CLONE X REVEAL? TECH ACTUALLY DIED IN SEASON 2? WE WERE BAITED? HEMLOCK DEAD, NALA SE DEAD, RAMPART DEAD, SCORCH DEAD, ADULT OMEGA FLYING FOR THE REBELLION, OLD MAN HUNTER, CROSSHAIR GETTING HIS SHAKY HAND CHOPPED OFF, Iā€™M ILL
WHERE DID LAMA SU GO? WHAT HAPPENED TO ECHO, WHY WAS HE NOT ON PABU AT THE END? OMEGA ONLY MENTIONED WRECKER & CROSSHAIR, WHY DIDNā€™T SHE MENTION ECHO? DID THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A CLONE REBELLION? WHEN DID WOLFFE DECIDE TO GO AWOL & WHEN DID REX FINALLY DECIDE ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH & PUT DOWN HIS BLASTER & PULLED UP THE AWNING ON HIS AT-TE?? WHAT HAPPENED TO HOWZER, WHERE DID HE GO? WHERE DID CODY GO? DOES OMEGA VISIT HERA DURING THE REBELLION? DOES HERA REMEMBER HER? DID THE FORCE-SENSITIVE KIDS MAKE IT BACK HOME? DOES PHEE STILL VIBE ON PABU? DOES CID EVER REPENT FOR WHAT SHE DID? DO THEY EVER GET IN TOUCH WITH HER, DO THEY EVER FORGIVE HER? WHERE IS LULA? I AM GNAWING AT THE BARS OF MY ENCLOSURE PLEASE I NEED CLOSURE ON MY BURNING QUESTIONS
I miss them already
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feltpool Ā· 2 years ago
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Heā€™ll be back!!
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First they dress him to resemble Grievous, BD-1, etc
Then they give him Ashā€™s dialogue from Alien
Now theyā€™ve made him look like the Terminator
(Iā€™m dying here šŸ˜‚ )
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zoeykallus Ā· 2 years ago
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I feel the urge to write stuff about Tech, but there is so much else I have to work on šŸ˜µ
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okadiah Ā· 2 years ago
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So this week's Bad Batch episode gutted me. Once again, I'd love it if Filoni would leave the clones alone. If he'd like, I'd be happy to take custody of them, emphasis this week on Crosshair.
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moosethren Ā· 10 months ago
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I really wish I could be as excited about S3 as I was about S2 but I can't and it's really annoying. My Fave character is dead and he was the only reason I was still watching the show. And my second fave isn't doing any better.
It sucks having your comfort show become something negative.
And no, I won't be watching it for the obvious reasons above.
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