#but anyway if duke lived mav wouldn't be an outsider and would most likely wouldn't have to try so hard

[maverickcalf]

Anyway if Duke Mitchell lived Maverick would've spent every summer with the Metcalfs let's be real.

Then we have to have a discussion on if Duke would be the first one to win TOPGUN and would Viper be the second?

Either way I think they would be friends and as whole there is always something about the Duke and Viper, Maverick and Goose parallels.

I mean you can compare Duke and Viper to Iceman and Maverick since they were both wingmen. But really it's about how both Viper and Maverick experienced loss. Which is why Viper says what he says, he is speaking from his perspective on his loss of Duke. Which... might be what he needs in the long run but-

Ah damn sorry i am rambling, i just have a lot of feelings about Duke and Viper.