Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus

So sad, and shocking.   He was so young.  I've lamented that I feared 2016 in real life, because talented people seem to be dying this year.   I was told, 'oh, but they were old.'   

And Yelchin was so young.  

I still fear 2016 as it seems that it's a year full of loss.   While I didn't personally know these people, I was fond of them, or at least their work.   Bowie hit me hard because of the connection I had to his music, but I fell in love with Star Trek.   And yes, both TOS and Nu!Trek.   Yelchin was part of that, and this is hitting me hard again.   It seems like from what little we're hearing, this was not only a freak accident but preventable had he only turned off his car.   (But again, freak accident.  I've done something similar to what he's done, and I can tell you I'm freaked out enough to turn off the car before I get out all the time now.)   We don't think about small things like this, or think 'what's the chance?'  Had this been illness, had this been anything else that couldn't have been prevented, this might not feel so shocking, so much of a punch to the gut, to me. 

This GIF seems appropriate: 

He was ten years older, but still far, far too young.   Here's hoping he's in a better place now.   

Meanwhile, I'm going to try and distract myself, perhaps with more Transformers comics.