#TG86

[naturaltysaster]

most entertaining thing I read today lmao

So, even when Ice is promoted out of flying full time, he's still going to have to retain his classification as a pilot, at least for a few ranks. To do this, he is going to have to book so many hours in the cockpit a year. Which means that Ice will, most likely, be trained on the Super Hornet when the Navy retires the Tomcat.

What I like to imagine: Ice, in his 40s with at least two stars, attending a flight school refresher to learn the F/A-18, along with mostly young punks. Ice doesn't say anything; he's the ranking officer in the classroom, but he asks the instructors to just sit on that information. The kids think it's funny he's in there, call him Pops, ask him how he's going to keep up with them. Ice doesn't say anything.

They're about to go up for their first more complicated maneuvers, and everyone's suiting up. The instructor passes Ice and a few other students in the hangar, and says, "Hey, go easy on them."

The kids laugh. Say they can't make any promises.

Instructor looks at them over the top of his sunglasses. "I wasn't talking to you."

The military term for what happens next is rapid dominance. None of the kids ever make fun of Ice ever again.

[doodledraw]

icemav hockey au drawing!! It was inspired by a picture from this post by @thatsrightice which I’ve had open since they posted it last October. Wow. I can finally close that tab haha

anyway, since it’s my birthday I thought I’d finally finish it up and post it because it is quite self indulgent and has little to do with the plot of the fic except for vague metaphoric meaning….hope you like it!

[yeah-w-r-i-t-e]

thinking about mav as a foster child bouncing from house to house, each new guardian being warned about past incidents and ways to keep him under control

and then the same thing happening as an adult. being bounced from assignment to assignment after goose's death without anyone to advocate for him. from top gun to a squadron to another squadron to spec ops to flight testing and any number of other assignments as he gets in trouble with one CO and just manages to avoid a discharge. and each new CO being told of the incident with the dead RIO and warned of his tendency to bend the rules. and using their knowledge to push at mav and keep him in line.

idk just thinking

[raptorrr22]

Capitalization is important cause there's a huge difference between "A goose hit the windshield" and "A Goose hit the windshield".

[airlocksandaviaries]

i’m gonna be watching top gun with my friends soon and i have no idea what it’s about do you have any tips

STEP 1 OF EVERY TOP GUN WATCH IS TO HAVE FUN AND BE YOURSELF!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

WATCH THE PLANES GO ZOOM AND THE SUNSETS SPARKLE AND THE HOMOEROTICISM SHINE

DONT FORGET TO LAUGH AT HOW RIDICULOUS IT IS!!!!

YEEHAW✈️💨🌅🌊👨🏼‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏻👬

[themissingmango]

[tonyscottchord]

Another chapter of pennyfic (aka fem!Mav x Ice tropefic aka in for a penny, in for a pound) is up! I'm super excited to share this one with you all -- it's one of my favorite plotlines :)

[flying-machine07]

If this is the uniform for the band, should color guard and drum major(s) have the same uniform or one thats different (but still Navy themed of course)

If it's a different uniform then what should it be

[sweetmesquite]

so the "mav maybe getting a medal of honor for the events of tg:m" thing has stuck in my brain. namely the fact that moh recipients get a lot of additional honors and benefits. things like a boost to pensions and retirement pay. things like invitations to presidential inaugurations AND inaugural balls. things like members of uniformed services being encouraged to salute, regardless of whether the person outranks the moh recipient. (i would pay money to see cain, with gritted teeth, saluting maverick because he was peer pressured to, but that's not the point of this post)

it also affords things like a custom license plate in certain states. california offers that, and california also waives all fees associated with ONE vehicle for that individual. (it also explicitly states that one plate may be kept as an heirloom so bradley gets to keep it)

something else to keep in mind is that a number of military cemeteries have a parking spot reserved for moh recipients. i'm uncertain if the national cemetery in san diego has one and am currently a very long ways too far to check and google maps is not helping me, but i'd like to think it does.

so. i'd like to paint y'all a picture.

fort rosencrans national cemetery in san diego. it's early evening on a gorgeous, clear day in late summer. there's a breeze blowing in from the ocean. in a very specific parking spot -marked with a gold plaque- there's a kawasaki bike resting on its kickstand. any passers-by would notice it has a very uncommon plate affixed to the back. its owner is a ways off; he's here to visit two of his best friends.

he leaves a quarter and a dime when he's done.

[whatiwouldnotgive]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Top Gun (Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Tom "Iceman" Kazansky/Pete "Maverick" Mitchell Characters: Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, Carole Bradshaw, Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood, Tom "Iceman" Kazansky, brief appearances by bradley and slider too Additional Tags: Transfeminine Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, Transgender, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Queer Themes, Trans Character, Trans Female Character, Getting Back Together, Gender Identity, growing older, Rediscovering each other Summary:

become | bɪˈkʌm | intransitive verb. to come into existence, to come to be, to undergo change or development from the proto-germanic bikwemaną meaning to come around, come about, come across, come by

It feels like you’re flying against a ghost, is what Goose had said to her so many years ago, and never has she felt it more than when she started transitioning. Staring at herself in the mirror, watching her face and body change gradually until one day it wasn’t her father staring back anymore—it was her mother.

[starrybouquet]

Breaking the fandom hiatus silence with a new chapter of my genderbent top gun marriage of convenience fic! yes, i am as surprised as you are. thank you to @tommyjop for the beta!

please enjoy!

[maverickseal]

The man has everything and us

[streetsweepershenanigans]

Ayyyyyoooo- found my computer and I'm loading up Obsidian to get writing. I'm starting with chapter 2 of The Things We Lost in the Fire and then I'll jump around my wips from there. Hopefully I'll have something posted on AO3 by tonight.

[raptorrr22]

A little something I started working on while in class. It's still a WIP cause i gotta add the afterburners and maybe even a background if i feel like it. (please ignore any inaccuracies as I drew the planes while in class with no access to references)

This is also icemav because i said so

[airlocksandaviaries]

working on an absolutely DEVASTATING icemav edit i will update yall soon

[almondcroissantsandink]

he's yapping about his wife!!