#99 is such a good dad

[cc-cobalt-1043]

Goggles:

The story of how Tech got his goggles:

The batch woke up as useful one morning, but as he woke up Tech noticed his eyes seemed to have trouble adjusting.

Rubbing his eyes his vision evantually cleared although longer than it usually took.

Getting up and changing his clothes his vision still felt slightly blurred.

"Tech, is everything alright?" Crosshair asked coming over.

"Yes Crosshair, why do you ask?" Tech asked.

"Your shirt is on back to front." Crosshair said holding back a grin.

Tech saw and blushed in embarrassment.

"Ah, so it is." He said.

Crosshair quickly helped him fix his shirt and the two ran off to join the others for breakfast.

"You sure you're alright?" Crosshair asked as the two got into the mess and went to grab some food.

"Yes I'm fine, must have simply been waking up." Tech said.

Crosshair nodded although he wasn't fully convinced.

Throughout the day Tech struggled with his regular training exercises, for some reason his eyes just couldn't seem to focus on what he was doing, his vision continuously becoming blurred which was irritating when he was in the middle of a task and he suddenly couldn't see what he was doing, having to constantly rub his eyes to adjust his vision was annoying.

That night Tech grabbed his pajamas and went into the bathroom to change.

"Tech!" A voice yelled.

Tech quickly rubbed his eyes and saw Cobalt in front of him wearing just his pajama shirt and underwear, his pajama bottoms were on his hand and he was clearly in the middle of changing.

"Sorry Cobalt." Tech squeaked embarrassed and quickly left the bathroom.

After getting changed Cobalt left the bathroom and went over to Tech.

"What was that about, didn't you see me go in?" Cobalt asked irritated and embarrassed, but mostly confused.

"No, I'm sorry Cobalt." Tech said looking at his big brother embarrassed.

"It's fine, but are you sure you're okay, you've been struggling all day, Cross said you were even struggling to get dressed this morning?" Cobalt asked.

"I'm sure I'm fine, must just be a bad day." Tech said.

"If you're sure." Cobalt nodded, not fully convinced.

Over the next couple of days Tech continued having problems with his eyes, his vision seemed to flicker in and out of focus.

The other batchers told 99 about this who soon had his own suspicions on what was happening.

"Tech, do you need glasses?" 99 asked one night as he tucked Tech into bed.

"What do you mean bluir?" Tech asked confused.

"The others told me what's been going on these last couple of days, I think you might need them to help your eyes." 99 said.

Tech thought about this for a moment before humming in agreement.

"I think that may be the most logical conclusion." Tech nodded.

"Right, I'll see what I can do, goodnight Vodi'ka." 99 said tucking Tech into the blankets.

"Goodnight bluir." Tech yawned before succumbing to the pull of sleep.

The next morning Tech groggily woke up although he quickly forgot his exhaustion when he saw something sitting on the small table next to his bunk.

To his surprise they were a pair of goggles, much like ones he had seen some of the other scientists wear.

Putting them on Tech was surprised to find his vision was clearer than it been in days.

"How are they Vodika?" 99 asked from where he was standing in the doorway.

"They're great...thank you bluir." Tech said going over to 99 and giving him one of his very rare hugs.

"Its okay Vodi'ka, anytime." 99 said smiling and patting Tech's head gently.

[dramatic-long-coats]

Rest In Peace dearest Andre Braugher. You will be terribly missed. 😭♥️

[cloned-eyes]

don't worry, daddy's home

[compacflt]

Okay maybe I totally missed it in the story, but I’ve gotta ask: how did Jake find out about Ice and Mav?? I know there was a line about “figuring out who Bradley’s dads were” in Debriefing, and it seems like Jake definitely knows by the carrier for the mission, given how he reacts when Bradley says he’s gay and that they “hate him for not being able to hide it like them”, but when was the discussion about exactly what Ice and Mav are to each other? At what point did Bradley tell him, and how long did Jake spend staring at a wall and saying “huh” in a dazed sort of way???

i admit i made it confusing on purpose and i admit there isn’t much of jakes reaction but yes

it’s the third “he was my dad.” specifically about ice. whereas the other two are about goose & mav. because, you know, there are three of them. dads, that is. ice just happens to be the third

Jake canonically doesn’t know what’s up with the holy dad trinity because he doesn’t even react to seeing goose btwn ice (fucking cdr of the pacflt) and mav (his fucking CO) in that old top gun photo —only cares about goose. clueless-ass mf. and the homosexual little “what is with these two!” during the first practice dogfight.

but i bet there were clues. a lot of little things that eventually came together.

a.) scrolling through the navy times on his laptop in bed cause he’s bored one night, tilting it over so bradley can see the screen and read the headline, ‘RADM tom Kazansky named pacific fleet commander,’ just randomly asking “whaddaya make of this guy?” and next to him bradley freezes and almost refuses to speak and then snipishly says, “he’s gay.” / “what?” what a wild thing to say! / “i just know it. he’s gay. look at him. hiding it like that.” / “what a weird fucking thing to say about a guy you’ve never met, bradshaw!” / and bradley going all silent and sullen the way he does sometimes and saying “well i don’t think anything of him. whatever.” / and then both of them put it from their minds and never talk about it again.

B.) all the quiet little dad-related breakdowns over the years. Father’s Day is never happy when bradley’s around. jake made the mistake of asking him why, once. he said something to the effect of “well with three of them you’d think id be statistically likely to get a dad who wasn’t unbelievably fucked-up or dead but nope! it’s three times as bad as usual!” and refused to elaborate. bradley is often annoying this way.

c.) the fact that capt mitchell, maverick, who looks like a gracefully-aging movie star, is by all accounts nice and charming and mostly-ish respected, and yet apparently chronically single, a confirmed bachelor for as long as most officers can remember. hondo knows something, clearly, but he’s being very cagey about it, apparently out of loyalty to maverick. even on day ONE of the special training detachment at Top Gun, there are rumors. Some more mean-spirited than others (looking at you, harvard) which Jake tries to shut down, because he remembers being on the receiving end of mean-spirited rumors like that, and rumors about a guy like maverick probably aren’t true. ‘I’ve heard about him. Whispers. Watch him the next time we hit the Hard Deck. He’ll flirt with Penny the bartender, and she’ll flirt back, but he sure as hell won’t take her home. You know what I mean.’ Yeah right. dangerous to make comments about a man like maverick. jake keeps his mouth shut.

d.) but then there’s the way bradley acts around him. They’ve met before and they know each other and there is not only bad blood between them, it’s blood that’s been simmering for a while and just now boiling over. Three dads. the maverick-related rumors. hmm…

e.) that picture of goose and mav and ice. OKAY. Now we’re getting somewhere. Bradley’s dad… LTJG nick bradshaw… FLEW with maverick. Looks up the obituary online and reads the news reports he can find in the archives. Maverick was behind the stick when goose ate it. Okay. Two out of three dads found and accounted for. (Because they’re broken up, and because jakes still heartbroken, this fact will be used as ammunition. “Or that maverick was flying when his—“ “YOU SON OF A BITCH!” et cetera et cetera.)

f.) on the flight deck shaking hands with the commanding officer of every commanding officer jake has ever dad—admiral tom kazansky, come to wish the aviators good luck, and to sanction their attack. this is, like, a big deal. like a really big deal. like, makes you wanna stop and ask him for a selfie to post on your LinkedIn to advance your career kind of big deal. but out of the corner of his eye… jake’s noticing Bradley on the verge of a dad-related breakdown. bradley doesn’t seem to care how much of a big deal it is to have the privilege to shake the hand of the commander of the pacific fleet. isn’t even looking. something big and hateful between them. something like bad blood. oh oh oh. wait. It’s coming together.

g.) poking fun at him. psyching him out. what’s a little pre-suicide-mission hazing between exes? what is with you, bradshaw? you’re, like, freaking out over here..! —and Bradley, looking for someone—anyone!—to trust, tugging him into his cabin on the aircraft carrier and bursting into tears and crashing down onto the linoleum into jake’s arms and saying “he was my dad…!”

h.) bingo.

[alien-slushie]

Midoriya: They are getting so manipulative. Yesterday Eri pretended to be hurt, I went in to help her and Kota snuck in the kitchen and stole two cookies!

Kaminari: Oh my God, your children are monsters.

Midoriya, annoyed: Hey, those are my kids man. Back off.

Kaminari: Right!

[givemewallywestorgivemedeath]

Can't stop thinking about Irey slowly suffocating, being choked to death, five feet away from the world's greatest heroes. This little girl was dying at the hands of a monster and yet they were moving so fast that none of the heroes in the room even knew they were there.

She was staring at half of the Justice League and no one could save her.

Her thoughts were screaming for help so loudly that even the homicidal telepath strangling her wondered who she could possibly be asking for. There was no one to rescue her, so who was she calling out for?

Jai.

In a room full of superheroes Irey was only focused on Jai. Her brother. Her twin. Her other half. She was dying and he was frozen in time. She stared at him, unable to breathe, and he stared back, unable to comprehend.

But he didn't need to comprehend. Irey was calling for him. She needed his help. Conscious or not, he wasn't going to let that call go unanswered. His speedforce connection wasn't going to let that call go unanswered.

I just think it's beautiful that she reached out to the one person she would always reach out to, knowing he wouldn't be able to answer, and yet he did. He unconsciously reacted to his sister's distress and grabbed on.

Then Irey used him to beat the living hell out of the bad guys.

[talesfrommedinastation]

Is Feel Good Friday a thing? What about Family Friday?

I redid a piece of art I did last year: it had so many sloppy errors in it, but I loved the subject matter and the composition. Back to the drawing board.

That subject matter? Post-Far Past the Ring. Omega’s been named as a page for President Camina Drummer and Tech is Chief Systems Engineer for the Transport Union. They’re wearing their respective uniforms.

The little girl is Meg Drummer, Tech’s daughter with Camina’s cousin, Sjael. Yes, she has her own version of Lula, named ‘Maraudah’ (the Belter accented version of ‘Marauder’) and painted like her daddy’s old armor.

Tagging some folks that might enjoy this sweetness: @warsamongthestars @eyecandyeoz @eclec-tech @techs-stitches @ilikemymendarkandfictional @isthereanechoinhere96 @perfectlywingedcrusade @askwenjing @autistic-artistech @amalthiaph @sometimes-i-talk-a-lot @sued134 @deezlees @freesia-writes @littlefeatherr @supremechancellorrex @nahoney22 @notavalidusername @nika6q @marymunchkiin @merkitty49 @moosethren @wrenkenstein @cdblake1565

[carcarrot]

this time last year i was probably sitting in the kitchen while my dad started making an early dinner of chicken bolognese trying not to get too nervous about the concert i'd be going to in a few hours

[opens-up-4-nobody]

...

[nomairuins]

oh in different news i think my outfit is nice today. i like think ive worn this outfit before and talked abt it then and its Exactly the same as all my other outfits (me and this black dress were like this 🤝) but i think its nice .

jawdrop for scale.

[g-girlshavingfun]

Zach: Thanks, Dad... Why is everyone staring at me?

Cammie: You just called Mr Solomon dad.

Macey: You said thanks, dad.

Zach: What? No, I didn't. I said thanks, man.

Joe: Do you see me as a father figure, Zach?

Zach: No, if anything, I see you as a bother figure, 'cause you're always bothering me.

Bex : Hey! You show your father some respect!

[guinevereslancelot]

most fucked up thing at my new job is there's only zero calorie sweeteners at the coffee station in the break room. three different kinds of zero calorie sweetener but no regular sugar because the assumption is that literally everyone is on a diet?

[britneyshakespeare]

heav'nly donuts doesn't get the same new england icon status as dunkin' donuts and i know why but i don't know why. first of all, it's not like their products are at all inferior. they have a wide variety of coffee and other hot/frozen drink options that regular customers do as a matter of fact go crazy about. their staple breakfast options come to play just as hard as dunks. in fact everything about heav'nly kind of is like dunkin but just trying way harder. and mostly succeeding. their donuts are all much larger than dunkin's. and they're also a new england-based franchise founded in massachusetts, only 25 years younger (dunkin opened in 1950 and heav'nly in 1975—but both of these are significantly younger than my grandparents). but heav'nly, despite its cult status among consumers, despite people KNOWIN what's up and that their products are on par if not superior, remains far less ubiquitous although still definitely not struggling. what is it about the dunkin franchise that allowed it to succeed and grow at an unbelievable rate? to the point of them being national competition to starbucks? how DID it come to be that there's a such a ridiculous density of dunkin donuts shops in the greater boston area? to the point where, if you live in this part of the country, you'll probably have to go out of your way if you prefer to get coffee at a starbucks, or some other franchise, instead? how did america come to run no dundun? and considering that, isn't it amazing that heav'nly has managed to be so strong a franchise in the deep dunkin donuts woods?

[aurorashard]

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[mbat]

why has it been literal years and i still catch myself pronouncing crowley as cr-ow-lee(ow as in owch/ouch) instead of cr-oh-lee. im blaming that annoying old song my dad played a lot

[bookgeekgrrl]

My media this week (2-8 Jul 2023)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

🥰 Crawling on Back to You (rainbow_nerds) - 109K, steddie - a canon-divergent everyone lives AU, lapsed childhood friends-to-lovers steddie

😍Lima Charlie (One-EyedBossman (desert000rose), SecretFandomStories) - 71K, Differently Okay Local Idiots #9, modern no-powers stucky - reread, when a new episode comes out I always have reread the prior ep, these stories are so packed with emotion

😍This Sacred Trust (One-EyedBossman (desert000rose), SecretFandomStories) - 71K, Differently Okay Local Idiots #10 - 'kintsugi' is the word that comes to mind when I read this series - they're seeing how their very jagged edges fit together and making something strong & beautiful out of them

💖💖 +106K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

mission parameters (shipyrds) - DCU: SuperBat, 33K - fake relationship for a mission! actual feelings! that's the good stuff!

WHO IS EDDIE MUNSON FUCKING (beetlesandstars, witchjeons) - Stranger Things: steddie, 2K - absolutely hilarious 'eddie accidentally sexts the group chat and now everyone is determined to figure out who he's fucking' - reread, someone reminded me of this story and I love it so

If I Could Stop the Clock With You Tonight (Voylitscope_speed) - MCU: stucky, 10K - modern no-powers AU - Natasha gets Steve a private chef for his birthday, but there's something familiar about him…

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Speed

Nimona

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

Independence Day [my dad's tradition is to watch this every 4 Jul]

Clue

D20: Dungeons and Drag Queens - "Queens on a Quest" (s18, e1)

D20: Adventuring Party - "The Illuminati Invented Sandwiches" (s13, e1)

D20: Dungeons and Drag Queens - "Welcome to the Underworld" (s18, e2)

D20: Adventuring Party - "The Bloods and The Crypts" (s13, e2)

Um, Actually - s8, e8

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

Smart Podcast, Trashy Books - 569. Romance in Libraries with Robin Bradford

ICYMI Plus - The Subreddit Teeming with Crime, Complaints and Candles

⭐The Sporkful -The Enslaved Chefs At Monticello Who Created American Cuisine

⭐Vibe Check - Vibe Check LIVE! Featuring Penn Badgley

What Next: TBD - The Trouble With TikTok Songs

Stuff The British Stole - Bottles in the Basement

Radiolab - The Cataclysm Sentence

Pop Culture Happy Hour - Trans Representation In TV And Film

Dear Prudence Plus - I Hate My Fiancé’s Mustache—but He Refuses to Get Rid of It. Help!

Into It - A Messy 2023 So Far: Ranking Celebrity Breakups and Songs of the Summer

American Hysteria - Hot Dog Urban Legends with Comedian Jamie Loftus

Endless Thread - Best of Summer: Swimming Hole - The man, the myth, the leap

⭐Ologies with Alie Ward - Curiology (EMOJI) Part 1 with Various Emoji Experts

ICYMI Plus - How Reddit Turned On Its Creator

Re: Dracula - July 8: Method in His Madness

Radiolab - Man Against Horse

Welcome to Night Vale - Bonus Episode: The Process

You Are Good - Twister w. Niko Stratis

Re: Dracula - Bonus 4: Queering the Gothic

99% Invisible #543 - In Proximity: Ryan Coogler and Roman Mars

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Dancing Queen [Cher] {2018}

Cher

Presenting Johnny Cash