



Why didn’t you just put a phaser to your head and get it all over with?
Because I still had this to live for.
Rios and Tom Paris and anyone else on Star Trek who have a lot of anachronistic tech and interests and keep record players and television sets and get 20th century imagery as tattoos are supposed to be like “hey look at this guy who’s super cool because of all the vintage stuff he partakes in! He’s you but in the future!” But if you think about it, living in the 24th century and having 20th century interests isn’t the same as living in 2020 and having 1950s aesthetic. It’s like living in 2020 and having a 1600s aesthetic while you churn butter “the old fashioned way” and wear flamboyant codpieces and talk about the heresies of the church reformation all day.
They aren’t cool hipsters. They’re Ren Faire dorks.