#Not Drift

[georgiesblurredbones]

Imagine Being The One To Introduce This Stupid Guy 2 Mitski Music. (He’d Relate 2 Her Songs In Humanly Impossible Ways And He’d Probably Kill Himself Over It Bc He’s: Japanese But Got Weird Looks For Bowing To Show Respect So He Mostly Stopped Doing It Because of Other Peoples Views of His Culture, Rarely Ever Displays Any Actual Emotions That Aren’t Anger or Sadness Bc He’s So Desensitized To Everything, Very Fucking TRAUMATIZED(See TFRiD2015 S3 Ep 9 ‘Out of The Shadows’), Probably Has Mommy/Daddy Issues Bc Just Look At Him, Misunderstood Bc of His Lack of Emotion/Over Exaggeration of Emotion, Was HOMELESS And a Drug Addict At One Point, And Basically Got GROOMED, Gets Deadnamed By Said Groomer The Entire Time They Were On Screen, Had His Kids Kidnapped TWICE, Once By The Groomer And Another Time By STARSCREAM).

[riacte]

not romantic not platonic but a secret third thing [what would happen between earth and the moon if the earth stopped spinning as illustrated by xkcd randall munroe]

[shandzii]

the beasts having a Might of the Ancients moment

[johnbottoms]

i literally wanna get better . does anybody else feel that way or is it just me and the bleachers

[catpeap]

[awkwardgirlfriends]

Two freaky old men lock eyes from across the room...

They both reach a silent understanding...

It's go time~ 😏

[alfheimr]

i am like so obsessed with this little ratchet figure (iron factory ratchet) lookin like a little white mage/priest type situation. he is so cute. now live in this world with me... ok? you are living here now. atheist cleric ratchet and religious swordsman drift wandering the world together. isnt it wonderful? they could hunt foul beasts together. or something. like this one.

[pharmasrightarm]

oops, still feral over pre-war Dead End Dratchet

(drift: you're rusting at every joint gasket: but isn't that doctor chummy with the cops? we're literal thieves??)

started with the headcanon that drift hung around the clinic like a feral wet cat for a while, then halfway through shading these, I started thinking, what if deadlock was an especially reliable assassin because he knew what kind of damage would make sure that even the best of the best couldn't bring you back

[pinetreevillain]

Hahahah aaahhh HAHAHA AHHHHHHHHH

[monsterblogging]

Links to Pacific Rim creator Travis Beacham's own posts on drift compatibility and drifting

Drift compatibility is psychological, not genetic

The better you know someone, the more likely you are to be drift compatible

Drift compatibility is potential, not fate

Drift compatibility can be a choice

Friendship is the foundation of drift compatibility

The drift requires trust

Trust is fundamental; also drift compatibility can be determined with anything that tests how well you can anticipate each others' moves

That even includes multiplayer video games

Many cadets wash out during Pons training when secrets come out in the drift and shatter their relationships

A lot of pilots get messed up by flinching over sexual thoughts

Trying to avoid thoughts just makes them worse

Not everything you see in the drift is always real; also the way to deal with thoughts is just let them flow by

Pilots communicate through "headspace"

Illustration of a conversation in headspace

First drifts can be very confusing, because partners don't understand each others' minds very well yet

The drift exposes pilots to each others' raw, unfiltered thoughts

Raleigh knew what Yancy was going to say

The drift doesn't let you read your partner's mind like a database, and you may not necessarily understand what you see. Also when Pentecost says he carries nothing into the drift he means he's calm and stable.

Pentecost gained this calmness through meditation

Trying to block your partner from your mind will make you lose control of the Jaeger

Pilots who fall below 90% sync will be in trouble

General information plus info on RABITs

You can chase your partner's RABIT

Another post confirming you can chase your partner's RABIT

More RABIT info

More general information

Travis Beacham defines ghost drifting

Partners' personalities can rub off on each other

Neural overload doesn't hit you all at once; it accumulates

The time a pilot can go solo varies, and it's a steep curve from fine to dead

More info on solo piloting

Being high in the drift probably makes it harder to avoid chasing the RABIT

[pretentiousfork]

Gossip buddies for @medicalgradezine

[chipistrate]

Imagine being Classic Sonic and Classic Tails in Generations and seeing your future selves be living proof that you two really have become best friends forever

It drives me crazy you have no idea. You have no idea. They're learning so much<3

[shishroom]

Some doodles of drifting stars au⭐️

[conjunx]

AAANNDD more characters from our love letter series!!!

[hotdogmchiggin]

Company Mandated Fancy Fits on the Tulpar 😏

Also had to include the REAL star of the show (and a bonus)

Based off of this and this. Thank you very much joetastic for being inspirational 👍

The REAL reason this is late