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[Star Trek: The Next Generation] put my name at the top of your list (Data gen)
Title: put my name at the top of your list
Fandom: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Length: 343 words
Prompt: doomed ships comment ficathon:
Star Trek: TNG, Data/Tasha, the memory of you
Pairing: Data gen
Other: Discussions of canonical character death.
Excerpt: Data asks her about it later and she explains that it's often comforting to think of a person living on in memories after they are gone. Data could see that being the case, logically, even if the whole concept is without any real validity
Afterwards, comforting a crew member, Counselor Troi says that as long as they remembered Tasha, she would never really die. Data asks her about it later and she explains that it's often comforting to think of a person living on in memories after they are gone. Data could see that being the case, logically, even if the whole concept is without any real validity.
But if he were to subscribe to that theory, then it would be as if Tasha never died. He will remember her always, his positronic brain recording her exactly how she was when she was alive. He will remember the shape of her body long after everyone else who might have known her has died. Assuming he hasn't been destroyed, of course, but Data does his best to avoid that possibility.
So if it were true, she would be immortal. He would be carrying her with him into the future forever, just as she was. From what Data understands, being unable to change is another kind of death. And of course it would be no comfort for her, since she can't know.
It is meant to be a comfort for the mourner, Troi tells him, because it is difficult to lose something that you were used to being with, someone you cared for. Data will note her absence, this much is true. It is as close as he can get to hurting. He is pretty sure, based on what Tasha told him when she was alive, that she wouldn't want anyone hurting for her. She was kind in that way.
He will remember her -- her kindnesses, her skin, her frustration, her determination. She will still be dead, and he will still be functioning. He will never see her again. He knows he should be sad about that, but he will not try to fake it or force it. It would be rude.
He keeps the holo in his quarters, and once in a while he thinks of her.
Fandom: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Length: 343 words
Prompt: doomed ships comment ficathon:
Star Trek: TNG, Data/Tasha, the memory of you
Pairing: Data gen
Other: Discussions of canonical character death.
Excerpt: Data asks her about it later and she explains that it's often comforting to think of a person living on in memories after they are gone. Data could see that being the case, logically, even if the whole concept is without any real validity
Afterwards, comforting a crew member, Counselor Troi says that as long as they remembered Tasha, she would never really die. Data asks her about it later and she explains that it's often comforting to think of a person living on in memories after they are gone. Data could see that being the case, logically, even if the whole concept is without any real validity.
But if he were to subscribe to that theory, then it would be as if Tasha never died. He will remember her always, his positronic brain recording her exactly how she was when she was alive. He will remember the shape of her body long after everyone else who might have known her has died. Assuming he hasn't been destroyed, of course, but Data does his best to avoid that possibility.
So if it were true, she would be immortal. He would be carrying her with him into the future forever, just as she was. From what Data understands, being unable to change is another kind of death. And of course it would be no comfort for her, since she can't know.
It is meant to be a comfort for the mourner, Troi tells him, because it is difficult to lose something that you were used to being with, someone you cared for. Data will note her absence, this much is true. It is as close as he can get to hurting. He is pretty sure, based on what Tasha told him when she was alive, that she wouldn't want anyone hurting for her. She was kind in that way.
He will remember her -- her kindnesses, her skin, her frustration, her determination. She will still be dead, and he will still be functioning. He will never see her again. He knows he should be sad about that, but he will not try to fake it or force it. It would be rude.
He keeps the holo in his quarters, and once in a while he thinks of her.