#—signed; tech

[hesthermay]

𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐈𝐍𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍

PAIRING: tech x gn!reader

SUMMARY: "when i met ana, i knew; i loved her to the point of invention." -sarah ruhl

WORDS COUNT: 1.1k

RATINGS + WARNINGS: general audiences. fluff. valentines day blurb. use of y/n. au where everyone is happy on pabu.

NOTES: bada bing bada boom this is 4 days laaaaaaaaate so sorry humblest of apologies please love it

STAR WARS MASTERLIST

“Tech?” 

“Yes?”

“...what is that?” 

Life on Pabu was breezy. Safe, protected, warm, and happy; Pabu was cut from a different cloth than the rest of the galaxy, light despite the unrelenting weight of Empirical oppression. Thus was why the Bad Batch had chosen it to hunker down and perhaps create some roots somewhere not centered around war and pain.

With the entrance of the Batch on Pabu, came the entrance of Tech into Y/N’s life. 

Peculiar, that one was, but you couldn’t help but find yourself enamored by him. Naturally, it was a slow progression between the two of you, with a friendship forming before the man even started processing the second layer of your relationship. Even with the ever so gracious help of Omega, Tech was oblivious to the little hints, the tension that organically formed, and could not fathom why you would go out of your way to do the simplest of things for him. 

Tech was more than capable of feeding himself, yet from time to time dinner was brought over with claims of having extra. He knew there was no way you, who lived alone, would have this much leftover food for one meal yet the possibility of you intentionally making this just to bring it to him was unrealistic—and even further, impossible. 

It had been Hunter who had let him in on the not so hidden fact that dinner nights with you weren’t really meant for them all. Yes, you were all of their friend—but those visits, that thought and care was for Tech. He had argued, of course, and it had been Omega this time who informed him that that was just what you do. 

“What they care for someone, they do things for them,” she explained as if it was the most obvious thing as she tinkered with some gadget. “Y/N makes dinner for all of us, but they always make your favorites, Tech. You know,” she turned, grinning at her brothers, “they always carry a cloth in case you need to clean your goggles.” With that, the girl stood from her seat, gathering her things and exiting the room, leaving behind an air of wisdom of someone much older than her. She did that often, and that was why Tech slightly believed her. 

Upon further research, Tech discovered what was known as a love language. The dots, how ever he missed them before, finally connected in his mind in the late of night. 

Rules he upheld with his brothers and Omega, he was more lax with you. Your presence when he was not in the mood to socialize was more tolerable than the rest, and he recalled all the times he had observed and factually stated that you were beautiful to himself. Beauty, though subjective in nature, was a natural occurrence in life. And Tech was not afraid of the truth, and the truth was that you had been beautiful all along, and he had thought of you slightly more special than most others he knew. 

That was what had led them to this moment. Tech had stayed up all night, working into the wee hours of morning on as many projects as he could manage. And then, waiting until he knew you would go about your usual tasks of the day, he trekked to your home and installed every creation he had produced. 

“You complained that the cover over your walkway floods your garden when it rains, so I created a funneling system to redirect the waterflow elsewhere,” he answered, pushing his goggles up his nose. “And you mentioned a draft because your front door would not close all the way, so I fixed it. And the side window that was previously cracked has been replaced with an upgraded version.” 

Your heart squeezed in your chest as you watched him rock ever so slightly on his feet, glancing at you here and there but not keeping his eyes on one thing too long, and it struck you that he must have been nervous. While Tech was known to fidget, nerves were not something he displayed signs of hardly ever, and heat gathered in your cheeks. 

The sun was warm, Tech was as handsome as ever, and your smile could not have been any larger. “An upgraded version, huh?” Your eyebrows raised playfully, voice light as you took one step closer. 

“Yes, upgraded,” he affirmed seriously before continuing, beginning to walk away. “As per your complaints, the window offered no privacy nor did it—” he cut himself off, stopping in his tracks when he noticed you hadn’t walked off with him. Instead of grumbling or giving a sarcastic quip, as he was ever inclined to do, he backtracked until your hand was grasped in his. He tugged your arm lightly, beckoning you to follow him as he resumed his explanation. “As I was saying, nor did it filter any of Pabu’s natural light in your home, so…” he trailed off until the two of you were planted right in front of the said window on the side of your house. 

It was your bedroom window to be exact, and true to his word, it was no longer cracked.

But instead of regular transparasteel, the surface had been frosted over. You could no longer see right into the room, but instead see little designs in the glass, swirls and such riddled all over the place. “I made this last night,” he offered, looking between you and the window, voice much softer than before. “The light, it will not be as harsh on you, and you now have privacy while still having the effect of an open window, which…” he exhaled ever so slightly, the weight of your hand in his heavy on his mind as he looked over at you once again, “which I know you love.” 

He was right. You had mentioned that the solution to your problem was as simple as some curtains, but then that would eliminate the natural light as a whole and that was the opposite of what you wanted. You had not had the skills or the mindset to create the solutions to these problems, though not detrimental in severity, but for some reason Tech had taken it upon himself to be the one to remedy them. 

“Tech…” you whispered, looking at him with a tender love he was not used to receiving. It made his heart rate accelerate in his chest, as he thought back to all of the acts of service you had done for not only him but his family as well.

You had loved him to the point of service, and Tech had realized that he loved you to the point of invention. 

“No need to mention it,” he whispered back, unable to fight off the blush in his cheeks as you smiled at him. “That is just what people do when they care. You taught me that.” 

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#this was meant for valentine’s day! #oops :P #anyways it’s cute i like it #the witch: writes #tech x reader #tech tbb #tech x you #tech oneshot #the bad batch one shot #the bad bad x reader #tbb x reader #clone x reader #clone x you #tcw x reader #—signed; tech

[secondbeatsongs]

for anyone too young to know this: watching The Truman Show is a vastly different experience now, compared to how it was before youtube and social media influencers became normal

before it was like, "what a horrifying thing to do to a human being! to take away their autonomy and privacy, all for the sake of profits! to create fake scenarios for them to react to, just to retain viewership! to ruin their happiness just so some corporate entity could harvest money from their very humanity! how could anyone do something so evil?"

and now it's like, "ah, yeah. this is still deeply fucked up, but it's pretty much what every influencer has been doing to their kids for a decade now. probably bad that we've normalized this experience"

#the truman show #sbs rambles #I keep thinking about how children on popular youtube channels should probably have laws to protect them #social workers assigned to them maybe #I dunno #they did not sign up to have their lives sold for profit #but here we are #tho #I guess none of us signed up for it #and our data is harvested more than ever #god #high-tech capitalism sucks turns out #OH WAIT because tumblr is bad at getting context sometimes #let me specify: #I am not saying that the movie The Truman Show is bad or that it normalizes this #like all good sci-fi (because it is kind of sci-fi) it's there to warn us of what the future could hold #and it did that in a very good way - it's a beautiful movie #I could see someone with a bad faith take assuming I meant that it was part of the problem #it absolutely wasn't. it didn't normalize this; we did #youtube did and social media #it's us that's the problem #or more specifically: big corporations and a lack of regulation #that's the origin of most modern problems

[emberglowfox]

he did get those braids after all

#loz #totk #link #tulin #zelda #totk spoilers #my art #tulin's dialogue is the wikipedia entry for wind lol #and link is signing “bird” in the second panel #this is post-canon to me btw #zelda not keeping some light dragon traits even subtle is an attack against me specifically. cmon #also yes that's a sheikah tech right arm on link. do with this as you will #i think chilling and listening to people he cares about infodump is link's fave thing ever btw #sorry this is all u get from me tn im sleepy #sparks art

[zadokthepriest]

Stray (screenshot by ItsYFP on Steam Community)

#art #technology #cyberpunk #city #tech #scifi #glowy #neon #aesthetic #cat #stray #neon sign

[communistkenobi]

also like this is not a defence of parents but I think “and these are kids whose parents thought they were tech literate enough to sign them up for a programming class” is very silly because I think it’s pretty easy to forget how much of using a computer is a skill you need to learn. I remember when I was a camp counselor for a summer I had to teach kids how to use scissors and it was a wild experience because I forgot using scissors was a skill you needed to learn. and in the same way when teaching I was not aware I needed to teach students what file pathways were because it was an invisible assumed skill I wasn’t aware other people didn’t have, but I wasn’t like oh christ kids these days and their freaking ipads…. I just like taught them what a file pathway was lol. and then after getting used to windows file explorer after a couple weeks they knew what it was. ta da

#I notice that apple users tend to have less like general knowledge about computers but again it’s not catastrophic it’s literally fine lol #also I think the assumption that parents would only sign up their kid to a coding class bc they think they’re a tech wiz is also very silly #but that’s besides the point

[jasper-pagan-witch]

Before asking "is this a sign" regarding stuff you've seen online, first ask "is this the algorithm". Usually it's the algorithm.

#jasper post #signs #technology #tech witchcraft #mundane vs magical

[juliberrylive]

tech is clone x truthers where you at??

#THE PLOT ARMOR ON THIS GUY??? #guys #COME ON #he got crushed by rocks and #he fell off a WATERFALL #AND LIVED #doesnt follow orders too??? #THE SIGNS POINT TO TECH #tbb spoilers #tbb #the bad batch #star wars #sw #tbb tech #tech bad batch #tech is alive #clone x #clone trooper x

[zzzzzestforlife]

🩰 that girl diaries // smart girl spring 🌸

i have commitment issues and i can't tell if it's because of apathy (and trying not to feel that way anymore) or because i genuinely get excited about EVERYTHING 🙃 either way, if i have too many goals and not enough time, am i even working towards goals anymore or am i just kind of ~doing things~? 😅

🩰 randomly starting ballet basics??

🤘 my quest to learn ASL continues~

👩‍💻 AI workshop (for work)

📚 read a chapter of Everyone in My Family has Killed Someone

🇨🇳🇯🇵 Chinese and Japanese lessons

📚 read a chapter of Sophie's World

📚 read a chapter of Maisie Dobbs: An Incomplete Revenge

✏️🇯🇵 N5 writing practice (3 sentences 💀)

✏️🇨🇳 HSK1 writing practice (cont'd)

🇰🇷 Korean lesson

💌: does anyone remember what their goals for this year were? 😂 i'm just kind of going in the intended general direction now, but i like the flexibility and sense of greater possibility — who knows what might strike my fancy next? ☺️💕

#that girl #it girl #glow up #spring aesthetic #pink pilates princess #pink pilates girl #pink aesthetic #pink pilates aesthetic #ballet #ballerina #codeblr #coding #women in tech #level up journey #artificial intelligence #2024 goals #studyblr #sign language #langblr #software engineer #100 days of productivity #zesty's life #astudentslifebuoy #heydilli #100 days of studying #100 days of self discipline #100 days of code #study goals #study motivation #study inspiration

[opendirectories]

#open directories #sign #google #tech

[anoray]

What could it be?

Apparently, Star Wars Holocron (@sw_holocron) recently posted a picture of Omega on Twix with a caption saying they'd seen the next episode of The Bad Batch and it features their favorite line of dialogue in the entire series.

Intriguing, most intriguing...

With Episode 14 leading into the grand finale, I cannot help but hope that some version of these words will come out of Omega's mouth: "Tech's alive!"

And before someone hits me over the head with my brightly colored clown shoe, allow me to add:

In Star Wars Rebels, we knew they wouldn't be the ones to stop the Empire, but they were able to save Lothal from the Empire's grip, and wipe Thrawn and his Tie Defender plan off the table. This was a huge blow to the Empire and ultimately lost them the war. I'm still beyond salty about Kanan's death and Ezra not being there to savor the victory, but this outcome was pretty much inevitable with them being Jedi and what Yoda says in the OT. On a happier note, everyone else in the Ghost family survived to continue the fight, with Jacen Syndulla's birth an unexpected bonus. In other words, the finale was not a bloodbath with main characters dying right and left. (BTW, a gentle reminder that the ending of Season 3 of The Mandalorian was downright cheerful what with Grogu and his adopted dad hanging out peacefully on their new homestead.)

With this in mind, is it delulu to anticipate a similar bittersweet finale for The Bad Batch? Yes, we know they can't stop the rising Empire, but as others on this hellsite have theorized, reuniting ALL the members of their squad/family after being separated over and over again since the first episode would be a precious personal victory even if they must endure the loss of any regular clone colleagues in the attack on Tantiss.

This season focused a lot on Crosshair's redemption, which definitely required this time and care to make his return believable. As for Tech, it seems many out there think he has to be fully un-brainwashed by the end of the finale if he's to be revealed alive as CX-2. But can't the Batch simply find this out and take him away (willingly or not) during the attack to help the prisoners escape? At the end of Rebels, we weren't sure what happened to Ezra, but there was hope that he'd be found based on the epilogue.

In similar fashion, even if Tech's mental condition is ambiguous at the end of TBB finale, at least the audience and the Batch squad are left with hope that he can be restored to his true self as much as is still possible because now the brothers and Omega are fully reunited come what may. Who knows, maybe there will be an Rebels-like epilogue that helps explain more about the Batch's outcome, along with the aftermath of Tantiss, such as the clone uprising, and any long term impact on Project Necromancer.

For now, just being a spectacled spectator with two more episodes that will prove me right or vewy vewy wrong...

#the bad batch #the bad batch spoilers #speculation #no bloodbatch please #can they just be happy and reunited for 5 freakin minutes #tech #cx-2 #all signs point to yes

[scarlibis]

this is it. perhaps my best work and contribution to the GT fandom yet

#i dont usually sign my shitposts but i love this one a disgusting amount #glitch techs #forever weed brownie #art #if you can even call it that #shitpost #animated series #glitch techs meme #scarlsketches

[nobie]

what if cx-2 isn’t tech and they gave him all that plot armor for him to be a reg (insert missing or dead clone here). what if ?!? I can just imagine the tbb writers snickering behind their screens while they watch the fandom spiral into tech is alive delusions

#when will I shut up about this ? not until that mf is revealed #they are foul for this 😭 #there are too many signs it’s tech #and I’ve stayed up way to long analyzing every bit cx-2s character #sedate me #star wars #the bad batch #tech #tbb cx 2 #nobie does stuff

[hood-ex]

Bruce to Selina: MY PARENTS WERE RICH!!

Jason to Selina like 10 min later: Bruce really rattled you back there, didn't he?

Lmfaooo this is so unserious.

#also why were they all sitting at separate tables at the strip club lmao that looked dumb #they should've pulled the tables together and sat together instead of acting like they were separate groups in their own bowling lanes #and damian saying he doesn't take lessons from criminals LIKE HELLO DO YOU KNOW WHERE DAMIAN WAS RAISED #and why is jason in his old costume?? #and why is selina teaching goons to be master thieves when she could just ?? sign them up to learn tech skills or something not criminal? #all the bats sound dumb which is no surprise really bc the characterization always takes a nosedive when they're all together like this #who the fuck gave this the green light my goddd #Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War: Battle Lines

[motoroil-recs]

[X / X / X] [X / 🏎️ / X] [X / X / X]

A stimboard for Rayman [Captain Lazerhawk] with imagery of cities, neon lights, and being a TV show host in yellow and purple.

#🏎️ — stimboard ! #kin help #kinhelp #kin blog #kinblog #fictionkin #kin stimboard #stimboard #stim #tech #purple stim #black stim #mic stim #sign stim #radio host stim #show host stim #purple #yellow #grey #black #city #neon #car #rain #hands #rayman kin #captain lazerhawk kin #captain lazerhawk rayman kin

[clonefandomevents]

Clone Calendar Event Sign Ups!

Sign-ups for the Clone Calendar Event are here! The event is a cross between a 2 week fandom week event and a micro, micro bang. As we are running it through our Discord server, being part of the server is required to participate.

It is 14 days, and each day will be dedicated to a month (from December 2024-January 2026). Posting will be November 24-December 7th 2024. Finished art and drabbles are due to the mods by the 17th of November. Further details about posting and submitting will be available in the server.

Like big bangs/reverse bangs we want the art to be a secret/surprise to those not within the event so keeping discussion, sharing ideas will need to remain within the Calendar group in the server. The theme for this year's calendar is Pinup! Swimsuit, sexy, risqué, any and all sort of pinup is welcome! Each month will be a beautiful piece of artwork of one of the voted upon top 14 clones, (Rex, Cody, Fox, Fives, Tup, Echo, Wolffe, Hardcase, Hunter, Wrecker, Thorn, Howzer, Tech, and Crosshair)

accompanied by a 100-500 word drabble.

Signups will be open throughout the month of April, and months, clones and drawing/writing groups will be given out within the first week of May.

If we have more than 14 signups, dont worry! 15-27 signups will just mean multiples of some of the months. 28 will mean two whole calendars! And so on, of course.

Feel free to message us with any questions you might have!

#clone events #star wars events #clone wars #star wars #clone calendar event #clone calendar weeks #commander cody #captain rex #commander fox #arc trooper fives #clone trooper tup #arc trooper echo #tbb echo #commander wolffe #clone trooper hardcase #tbb hunter #tbb wrecker #commander thorn #tbb tech #tbb crosshair #sign ups #event sign ups #artist sign ups #writer sign ups

[zeb-z]

change is a fundamental part of life

we must carry on

#dude. wtf #I just miss him. I haven’t even started re watching tbb yet because I know how it ends pffkrjfjf #as soon as I get to the crossing though I will be posting about the symbolism in that episode. because I could write a whole fucking essay #I drew another sketch last night but realized I haven’t posted this one so. this one gets priority #i cant believe I printed this out and got it signed by dee bradley baker before posting it lmfaooakfjajfn #my first art done on procreate though! did it all on my phone #the bad batch #tbb #tech #tech tbb #tech fanart #tbb fanart #my art