#cue maverick’s gay panic

[thatsrightice]

Telling my future kids that this is Iceman and Maverick frfr 😤😤😩😩

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[angelsarewatching]

Kyle accidentally reads the tabloid because well, to go towards the female service members of the SAS who all would probably know more about how to feel towards men in a romantic manner--is just not an option for him, as that would a. Admit his contorted feelings towards his superior, thinking the unthinkable about another man, and b. Put him in a place where he actually tries to explain his very unclear and confusing feelings, that’s Not a panic attack but. At the same time, he is still vehemently putting down “love” as being an option, and trying his best to make half-hearted excuses--like, maybe he just drank too much coffee? Or needs a quick warmup run and then he’ll stop feeling this way--maybe he wants to see his superior happy because he wants to be their friend, and nothing more? And as a last resort, consults the very, very shiny tabloids sprawled lazily across the recreational room, flips through the pages and sees the “Am I In Love” questionnaire and tries his hand at it.

But because his last resort only makes him more confused, the only other option is to make “harboring romantic feelings for your superior” an actual option. Cue the only openly gay sibling of Captain Price, (also the person who he tried to go for advice, but then Price’s advice was rather, old school, and could be taken in numerous ways) Squadron Leader Jennifer Price, youngest of the Price siblings, who has a hot fiancée, namely Caitrìona Aodhnait MacMillan, the daughter of the regimental maverick, now looking like an indulgent uncle more than a senior officer of the 22nd SAS regiment, Major Angus MacMillan.

Of course, Jennifer, (or as her siblings call her, Jenny) being very witty and sarcastic but well meaning, pokes fun at him for his newfound revelations and gives him a helping hand as he tries to traverse the rocky area of “Am I Gay?” which all servicemen probably go through. The air of confidence and vigor from Jen, and how she provides refreshing, no-nonsense feedback in a lighthearted and humorous tone towards his situation makes him feel a bit better about his circumstances.

And I wholeheartedly agree on your point of Kyle being the least experienced, but most dedicated--Kyle is fresh faced and ready for (almost) anything that the world to throw at him--nuclear bombs? Terrorist organization? Being forced to make a checklist for dorm supplies to room in with the other Armistice members? Check, check, also check--but falling in love with your superior officer? Not check. Very, very big question mark.

Now Kyle is faced with two options: 1. Admit he is harboring romantic feelings for his superior, and do something about it (that something still blank for now), or 2. Suppress these feelings like A Man™️ and brush it off because he’s got enough problems with his life. Of course, because this is Kyle, I’m pretty sure he’d attempt number 2 but then his feelings get the better over him until he is finally forced to choose to do something about it: which is, to ask Ghost/Simon out, to be immediately rejected, so that he Absolutely Has to stop feeling the emotions because there’s no hope! Ghost/Simon turned him down and then stomach through the awkwardness of having to work with his superior for greater political needs and aspects that their job requires.

NOW, GHOST. Simon, taking your complaint that “why isn’t soft simon our stupid fandom trope?” and Jeff Leach’s long YouTube comment explaining while he was the voice actor for Ghost, he did his best into trying to portray Ghost as very “cold, calculating character” who “is as devoid of emotion as a brick wall and only feels rage and is hardwired to get the job done”--(which I think he did a great job at!) which makes me come up with the glorious thing I cannot stop daydreaming 30 hours a day about:

Ghost, being very cold and emotionless is due to the sordid nature of his work, not because he behaves like a murderblorbo all the time. I believe that there are two sides of Ghost: His work personality, where he is very serious, calculating, and determined to get the job done at all costs--then there’s

okay I made it into an actual image. As you can see. He is very awkward. Flustered mess. Nervous wreck. Horrible at flirting. Sweet estuary accent. Soft voice. Doesn’t like to raise it. (Mocked for it.) Will rather have you order for food at the restaurant. Scared of dogs and snakes and spiders. Weird, messy hair that’s a bit longer than the probation cut because he is also scared of the barber for some unknown reason. I think, without his mask or balaclava, he feels very exposed, and is quite sensitive about his appearance because he thinks he looks “average” and “unattractive”. (Which are lies because he is a pretty boy..kinda. Sorry anna. I know you love your fugly ghost hc.) So he always tries to cover his face somewhat. Prone to nervously looking away when people stare at his eyes and covering his face with his hands when he blushes. Turns sanguine red (his ears go pink too) when he’s embarrassed--which is a very stark contrast to his naturally pale complexion. Says “HUH!?!?” really high pitched. Screams like a girl. Always confused. He always speaks like he’s sighing or he’s really frightened. No in between. Victim of many “jumpscares” by his younger brothers. Could not sleep for three nights straight when his brothers tried to convince him to play Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted on the PS4. Cannot watch The Walking Dead because he’s scared of the zombies but doesn’t flinch at gore, torture, or murder as his Ghost persona.

Because I WANT HIM TO BE A REALLLLY FUCKING AWKWARD MESS. Not the cutesy kind. The really awkward, anxious, crippling fear kind of personality who finger guns a lot and is a disaster bisexual. If you like. Showed his brothers a recording of him at work, they would be so confused. Because like. Honey. That is not Simon. Simon can’t even order from McDonald’s without help. And you think he can just order people around?? And people listen to him?? I don’t know that guy.

Anyways. So. He may be a pitiful fucking mess, my babygirl, and Kyle is again, the bystander/witness to this pathetic trainwreck of a man.

So how would he react to Kyle’s barely concealed romantic feelings for him after he fell out of a deeply committed relationship with Echo 3-1?

In this essay, I will-

as per my 27 hour daydreams per day, i came up with this brutal as fuck fanfiction idea where kyle serves witness to this horrible car crash of an alex/ghost, awkwardly asks captain price for help (who, for comedic bonus, when kyle steps into his room price is naked, because of that stupid "like most men of the regiment, i sleep naked" thing that i can't stop thinking about, and kyle whips around to try and unsee whatever he just saw and asks him to put on clothes) and then attempts a very awkward, buddy-buddy "bro" style attempt (by taking price's words of advice in the most distorted way possible on how to approach someone who just broke up with their partner) to connect with his stoic, very cold and calculating senior officer who he has never seen audibly express emotions other than justified bloodthirst to their enemies--and then just saw the also very stoic, cold guy break to pieces in the most graphic way possible, with vivid anger and audible grief laced in his voice while screaming at his ex-fiancee about their outright infidelity. there is a scene where the females of the armistice are all gathered together in either a busy night at the bar or someone's room painting their nails and doing their hair like a stereotypical girl's sleepover portrayed in a movie produced in the early 2000s -- and they passionately retell the scandalously juicy way of how ghost and alex broke up, with varying degrees of emotion and suspense while they speak as they gossip with the others. "you know the hot brunet from the SRR? okay, like, i forgot his name, but uh, the one with the windswept hair, green eyes, i saw him at a pub in Hereford, reads chicks' palms--yeah, that one, Brooks. ghost's best mate, they like, met at Sandhurst, and they have such a long history together, and then-"

anyways. and then, cut to the scene of kyle trying to "befriend" his superior out of pure, reckless courage and the little humanity that's left in him--then he realizes, that, holy shit, my superior while not cutting about with an alarming skull mask on is hot as fuck---and this becomes an Unresolved Issue because Kyle, like Soap in Revenant Coffee Shop Chapter 9, has marked relationships in a drawer with all caps, "AVOID", and also like Soap, does not know how to feel towards his newfound sexuality and is very confused on why he hits all ten checkboxes in some tabloid's "Am I In Love" bonus questionnaire towards his superior.

What a lovely idea! I like imagining Kyle as being young, stumbling over his role in the 141, questioning life and then being forced to deal with emotional issues beyond his ken. It fits in with Kyle as the least experienced but dedicated member of the task force, even if he isn't quite sure what he's supposed to be dedicated too.

I think Price is definitely one of those older men whose normal is skewed by his long service, and living in close proximity to other men with little privacy, who wouldn't really give a shit if he was naked when Kyle appeared.

why he hits all ten checkboxes in some tabloid's "Am I In Love" bonus questionnaire towards his superior.

I really loved that bit!

I'm interested to know where Ghost's behaviour and feelings come into to play. How does he feel about Kyle's abortive attempts to comfort and engage with his emotional upheaval, and what signals does he give off?

[sophthecoolperson]

I AM CRYING WITH LAUGHTER WTF

Telling my future kids that this is Iceman and Maverick frfr 😤😤😩😩

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