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Miss Mitchell by Niall Grant
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B-25 Mitchell, N27493, marked up as 43-27493, Miss Mitchell, from the 310th BG/380th BS during 1944-45.
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All right. So I rewatched Top Gun: Maverick yesterday and I had some quite angsty realisation that I have to share with all of you. You are welcome.
You remember in TG:M, how Mav tended to speak to himself when flying? Little pep talk such as "Come on Mav", "Let's try not to get fired at the very first day Maverick", "You've got this Mav"?
Well, if memory serves me right, he didn't do that in the first movie.
Why's that?
My take on this is: The person(s) used to exchange the talk, the encouragement, the quip, the endearment with him, poking fun at each other while watching each other's six, are either dead or dying.
"You've got this".
("You've got this, kid." Duke Mitchell smiled to his son.)
"Let's turn and burn."
("Let's turn and burn, Mav!" Goose shouted excitedly behind him in an F-14.)
"Let's try not to get fired at the first day."
("Let's try not to get fired at the very first day as instructors, huh, Maverick?" Ice shook his head with resigned fondness.)
"Come on!"
("Come on Mav!" Goose swung an arm around his shoulder, his voice warm and kind.)
"You've got this".
("I've got you. I've got you, babe." Ice whispered and tightened the embrace while Maverick clutched his lover to his body.)
So he had to say all of those to himself, to pretend that all of them were still with him, to bring all of them all the way across the ocean, the wind, and the sky.
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Ice cheats at literally every board game and it drives Mav crazy
He’s just so good at it, no one ever notices except Mav because he’s paying attention only to Ice to catch him, and he still fails most of the time
No one expects Iceman Kazansky to cheat at anything, which just makes Mav angrier because no one fucking believes him
And Ice just sits back and looks at him as he slowly descends to madness
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Mav bringing Ice home all like: so I don’t know how to tell you this but my family can’t know
Ice: well I wasn’t planning to advertise our homosexual relationship, I’m not an idiot
Mav: Oh! Nah, it’d be pretty hypocritical lol
Ice: WTF
Mav: I meant the whole—using a jet to shoot other jets down for navy… maybe just say you…make porn? I feel like they’d respect that more.
Ice: WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU
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