Patrick 🇪🇺🇳🇱🏳️🌈 🍉 :
You’re not alone. What is grief, but love persevering? Man I hope he knew how many people that didn’t know him personally loved him as if they did. Honestly, I’m not over it yet either. I haven’t been affected by a celebrity death like this ever. I can’t rationalize it, but I also know I don’t have to. A lot of papers surfaced around Covid lockdown when people started watching a lot of comfort shows about how, when you watch a show like Star Trek as much as I have, and ‘spend time’ with fictional characters a lot, your brain makes the same physical connections that it does for people you actually know IRL. And lord knows I’ve spent time with that entire cast daily for nearly 40 years, including during very formative (young) periods of my life. He shaped who I am with his performances, the charities he supported, the values and morals he embodied, and the behaviors he modeled, as both Picard and Sir Patrick. I loved him, however that was shaped, and “he mattered. He mattered to *me*.” Rest well Sir Patrick, and thank you for leaving so much behind for us to remember how you lived. Take care. ✌
2026-11-02 07:08:58