Any Clone Ever: Takes His Helmet Off Or Has A Name Or Is Even Just Sort Of Vaguely On Screen In The Background

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Y'all I watched the episodes again today and... I have some thoughts regarding the elephant in the room.

Right off the bat, no, I still don't think Tech is dead. If you go to the reaction post I made right after I watched the episodes the first time, you'll see I'm not worried about him being dead at all (which explains the enthusiastic tone of it).

I wondered whether all the 'Tech's not dead' theories I've read here aren't clouding my judgement this time but I don't think that's the case.

In fact, I watched the episodes with my parents and the moment they showed the final scene with Omega on Tantiss, the one where she's looking around the lab and it's clear she's about to see someone she knows, my dad was like 'oh, Tech must be here'. So even from a casual viewer's pov, it doesn't look like our favorite genius is dead at all.

The very tone of the episode didn't suggest it either, it was just a bit too… rushed. Even if they gave his sacrifice the right respect in the moment, it doesn't feel like a character death moment with how things progress around it.

And here's the thing: I did have to hold back tears at some points but it wasn't where I thought it would be. I thought I'd fall apart when they lost Tech but it was in fact after that, when the team is trying to pick up the pieces after Omega wakes up.

So these episodes are meant to be emotional but the emotional impact, the moment you're given time to breathe, are when you sympathize with the people who're currently mourning Tech, not when you're supposed to mourn him.

We see closeups of their reactions, we see their feelings. We see Echo look at Tech's seat instead of getting a simple solo closeup of it. We see Hunter pick up his goggles, not a sad little lingering shot of them on the ground next to a battered body. All of it feels like the show is telling us yes, sympathize with these people, feel their pain, this is real for them... but not necessarily true overall.

The episode does a great job of conveying how the batch feels in those moments and you may argue that's a good way of making the audience grieve, a good way of conveying the gravity of the situation. But to me a character death is supposed to be a little bit more private. We're supposed to experience it for ourselves if it's meant to have any proper lasting impact. And yes, I know a lot of us are still shaken from it but remember: we're very attached to these characters and the show.

People like my dad however aren't as invested and for him, that didn't register as a character death. At all.

So if the writers play their cards right, they get our emotional response to what seems like a very plausible and dramatic character death while also not committing to it by giving any concrete evidence whatsoever.

As a result, those of us who sympathize with the batch or are invested in Tech's character will have the emotional response they're looking for (and our engagement on social media will boost the show's popularity, which is exactly what happened) while more casual viewers, like my dad, are presented with the mystery of 'hey what happened to Tech? oh, look it's Tantiss. is he on Tantiss? oh, not yet. wow I can't wait to find out'.

So honestly if this was the writers' plan all along... well played is all I can say.

note: something i had wrote for the fall list that i never ended up posting cause i forgot hahaha whoops :)

13) Black Cat- Darry Curtis x reader

The house was silent with the exceptions of soft snores coming from the couch and bedrooms. I look down to the small bundle in my arms and smile. There’s no way I’m getting away with this. I move to the kitchen and open the fridge for some milk. I set the small bundle onto the countertop and I start to pour some milk into a small saucer. A light flickers on and I jump. “What are you doing?”

I turn to see my boyfriend standing in the hallway with his arms crossed. “Nothing! Just… getting some milk? What’re you doing Dare?” I smile innocently and try to advert the attention from the small, now moving, bundle on the counter by walking up to him and dramatically falling into his arms. Lets see how far this goes.

“Apparently watching you pour milk into a saucer that you were going to drink out of. What are you actually doing?” Darry looks down at me and raises a brow, suspicious.

“Yeah about that… I-” I’m cut off by high pitched meows coming from behind me. I nervously smile. “Yeah so I guess the cats out of the bag…” I laugh. “Quite literally…” I turn and grab the small black kitten out of the blankets and smile.  “So you know how you said the only time we’d ever get a pet is if we found it on the side of the road? You’ll never believe were I found this little munchkin!” I watch as he blinks in surprise and frowns.

“C’mon Darry don’t give me that look! He’s just a baby! How could I leave him there?” I smile pleadingly at him and walk closer. “Here, hold him. He doesn’t bite or scratch.” I hand him the kitten and hold my breath. Surely he wouldn’t make me put him back… right?

I smile as he slowly looks up. “So we can keep him?”

My favorite mug is a pearlescent light pink mug. It used to have the word barbie on it in the classic font but it peeled off after two washes. only I use it and I still keep it even after it's "messed up." I like it cause it makes me feel like I've embraced my femininity that I've rejected since I was a little girl. And I say this not because I have to or was forced to or any reason, simply because its me and always has. I've always been a dreamer, always yearned for the soft pink glow of a sunset and the dainty flow of a dress in the wind. I do so many things that aren't "girly" but it's the simple things for me. Wearing a bow every once and awhile, all my lipglosses that I have too many of, my few dresses that I adore but can't find a time or event to wear them to. Things like that. Pink was my favorite color as a young girl until I decided that it was simply too girly for me. Yet now, years later, it has become my new favorite color and I'm happy about it. It's showed a change in me. I've embraced who I am. I'm happy now and life is so wonderful. I find the hope in the bad and embrace the good. I keep the mug even after it's "messed up" because it shows the fragility of being that perfect dainty girl and the expectations. It shows me that even after it's "broken" it's never really gone. The beauty is still there although it's not perfect. And thats whats pretty about it. It'll never be perfect and thats okay. So I keep that mug to remind myself that it's okay to not be perfect. I keep it because it shows how much i've changed. I keep it because it makes me happy.

25, 34 and 37 !! <3

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25) What’s your favorite decade?

hmm maybe like the 1990s? or maybe the 1950s?

34) What’s your favorite flower?

i have a few :) forget-me-nots, roses, daisies, and hydrangeas! i have a hydrangea bush and it fades between purple, blue, and sometimes a purplish pink! its super cool because the color changes based on the ph of the dirt

37) Do you prefer dogs or cats?

the dreaded question 😭 normally i would say both but we're not going to be basic here lol. in all honesty i would say dogs because if i could get a pet right now it would be a dog. not hating on cats at all cause i love them too but dogs have a little step up 🤫

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