#extra info! | questions

[themissingmango]

Just Plane Monday 2025 Calendar ✈️ PREORDER ✈️

Preorders are now open!! They’ll remain open until December 1st, 2024. The goal is for shipping to happen by December 13th at the latest to make sure it arrives by the new year.

One of the really cool things about this project is that I’ve created three brand new Just Plane Monday paintings that are exclusive to the calendar, you’re not going to catch them anywhere else!

I also created listings for two additional versions of the calendar [pictured below] because I know there was some interest in a desk calendar and I wanted to provide various options. I’ve done my best to price these as low as possible for the duration of the preorder; after Dec 1st the price will increase. These items are made to order and shipped through the manufacturer, not by me. Freebies are still included when you purchase either of these during the preorder window (Nov 12-Dec 1) but they will be mailed separately from the calendar. I will default to sending only plane related freebies unless you message or email me with your preference to include Top Gun themed content OR opt out of the freebies if you’re not interested (please give me your order # when/if you do so!)

If you have any trouble with your order or questions I can answer, please message me through tumblr or you can email me at missingmissmango@gmail.com

For anyone wanting to follow along with the preorder/fulfillment journey my instagram is @themissingmango and that is where I’ll be posting updates! Thank you to everyone who has been cheering this idea along; I’m so excited!! ☺️

[sibyl-of-space]

call from unknown number with local area code

answer in case it's a job offer from local homeless shelter (I know they're at the stage of calling my references)

it's the CFO from the job I gave notice at 2 weeks ago asking if I can stay longer on any terms I name because my new manager just quit cold turkey

happy wednesday gamers,

[dootznbootz]

People should read/watch/listen to the source BEFORE they get into the fandom. You will gain ideas and know what is canon before the fanon consumes the canon entirely and you cannot escape.

[holocene-sims]

for the OC asks!! 🍤 🥨 and 🍜 feel free to answer for whichever OC you want (but Henry is lowkey my fave hehe)

aww thank you so much for sending me questions!! 💜💙 i will definitely answer for henry - honestly, you're even reading my mind here because i was just telling myself the other day i should do more with him outside his role in the story. he's a fun character; i have a soft spot for him, too, and this is a good opportunity to dive into his personality and tastes a bit more 😅

🍤 what's their opinion on seafood?

he loves seafood! it's his favorite type of food, really, and if he were dying tomorrow and could have only one last meal, he'd want haemul kalguksu aka seafood noodle soup 🍽️

🥨 brunch picnic time with friends/partner(s)/companions/[insert your ocs' close people here]! what is your oc bringing?

i need to make a picnic post omg that would be so cute

anyway, the thing about henry is that he is comically bad at cooking 🙈 he and soobin have a mutually beneficial arrangement that she will do all the cooking, provided he does all the cleaning, so henry is never going to roll up to a picnic with homemade food, not unless you want burnt toast and very haphazardly chopped fruit.

however, what he *can* do well is make drinks. he's the kind of person who uses a french press and buys coffee that isn't ground up yet. he has high standards, that is. so, i think he'd show up to brunch with a variety of iced drinks, like coffee, tea, mocktails, etc., anything that keeps well in pitchers or kettles. he'd probably bring one of those letterboards, too, and use it as a daily drink menu sign!

🍜 do they love cooking dinner or would they rather eat somewhere else or order takeout?

for reasons (see above), he is not a fan of cooking! he's happy to, you know, set timers and measure out spices for soobin or someone else while they cook, but if it's just henry at home alone or soobin is either not in the mood or unable to cook, he is undoubtedly going out to eat or getting takeout. he'll go out to sit-down restaurants if soobin or a friend more generally are down to go with him (he's also not a fan of going to restaurants alone), but if no one is available or doesn't feel like it, he'll just get takeout.

[sassthatsarcasm]

OKAY Y'ALL DID THIS TO YOURSELVES

1629 AU: Leon is a farmhand working the Marner Estate and Mitch is the pampered socialite son.

THIS IS NOT GOOD!!! but enjoy :3

people to blame for this atrocity:

the director of that soft core gay porn sports betting ad

mm16 for his immaculate twink vibes

the various people in my notes who enabled this u know who u are

It’s just that he’s so sweet. Soft curls, full mouth, the delicate jut of his collarbone above the gentle untidiness of his shirt half-undone. Leon usually didn’t have time for these air-headed, privileged things, come to the country in the sweltering heat for their fantasy versions of slumming in. But – he’s sweet.

Leon – like his father and his father before him, ad nauseum – had been maintaining the grounds of the Marner Estate for what feels like all his life. So, he’s seen the Marner son grow into his limbs and his giant eyes and that stupid mouth, not that Leon was ever looking at his mouth.

Marner was the same as all of them. Mitchy, they called him – one of the carousel of soft, young things so tightly swaddled in their privilege Leon couldn’t believe they didn’t choke on it. Maybe they did and didn’t know that pain wasn’t pleasure. Mitch Marner laughed loud, took up space in the world without ever questioning if he deserved it. The world was his and he had Daddy’s fucking mansion to prove it.

For all of Leon’s thinly-veiled irritation, the Marners only ever converged on the Estate in the summer, when the baking sun drove them out of the city to breathe fresh country air. Still, he could usually minimise interaction with the Marner clan and spare himself a headache. There was just this way that moneyed folk laughed which sunk into his skin and made it sit uneasy over his bones. Maybe he was a snob - wouldn’t be the first time he’d been accused of it. They were snobs, too – wouldn’t ever dare to look the help in the eye.

So, for most summers of his life, Leon has been able to mostly avoid crossing paths with any of the Marners, especially the treasured son. He stuck to the edges of the grounds, rotating across the hedges in parallel to Mother Marner’s daily walks or the children kicking a ball around. Just the way he liked it.

But. Recently, he’s felt eyes following him as he makes the rounds and, when he looks up, Leon finds himself meeting those wide blue eyes, sitting pretty over flushed cheeks and that mouth that seemed to always be hanging open. Marner’s eyes would usually dart away first and he’d walk away quickly but Leon, day in and day out, would feel him on the periphery, following him around. At first, Leon is angry – his family has served the Marners faithfully for generations and he wouldn’t let a pampered, spoiled child doubt his loyalty to that legacy, if not to the family itself.

Then, the Marner kid gets bolder, eventually getting into his business everyday and asking inane questions about lawn maintenance and the different scientific names for the flowers scattered across the grounds. Leon watches Marner’s tongue trip over the word ‘scientific’ with a sceptical eye and wonders what the fuck the kid is up to.

Kid. Hm. Logically, Leon knew Marner could only be a couple of years younger than him but something about those eyes made him seem so much younger than he was, like he’d never had a care in the world. And really, Leon should have known that was the beginning of it all, or perhaps the end of it. He can never resist a wide-eyed creature too shy and sweet for its own good.

-

So, Leon didn’t think it would end up this way. These pretty, young things, they always look, taught to view things not theirs as things to want. Leon’s not an idiot – it’s been weeks of this, and he knows how to read the heavy-lidded looks Marner keeps sending him across the fucking topiary, what it means when Marner’s mouth goes, somehow, even looser when Leon lifts his shirt to wipe off his brow. Also, no one is that fucking interested in lawn curation, not even Leon. But he didn’t think it would actually lead to this, Leon pressing the Marner heir into the wall, calloused hands on slim wrists. Not knowing if it was the heat of the air or the heat of their bodies pressed tight that made sweat break of sickly-sweet over his skin.

Those shining eyes, staring up at him, the blue joy of them shadowed with something that intrigued Leon, God help him. The surprising strength of his whip-thin body. The unexpected thickness that Leon’s hands find when they skim across his thighs and arms and shoulders. And for all his sweetness, the way Marner gasps and claws his hands into Leon’s back, greedy in the way all rich boys were born to be. He’s pressing Leon so tight against him – Leon’s rough work shirt and his beard turning Marner’s exposed skin red, looking so tender that Leon’s mouth waters.

It’s the sting of his nails in Leon’s shoulder, the clamp of his teeth in Leon’s neck, that prompts him to get a little mean about it. Another thing about Leon: he can only handle so much sweetness before he reaches into the core of it and twists, see if can tease the worst out of someone in a race for pleasure.

Leon pushes his body even tighter into Marner, pinning his wrists against hips. Marner’s head shoots up, eyes wide, and his mouth slackens around a soft little sound of want.

“What do you need?” murmurs Leon, feeling the rumble of his voice against Marner’s chest.

Marner whines. “Anything, please, anything.” So eager for it. Leon kisses his neck and Marner’s head shoots back so abruptly it hits the wall, his desperate breaths fanning across Leon’s forehead.

Leon smirks. “Do you even know what you need? Has anyone ever shown you?” Marner’s cheeks flush, not out of arousal but embarrassment, and his eyes cast down. “I bet you don’t. I bet you’ve been good, kept your hands to yourself. But –” Here Leon takes Marner’s chin into his hand and firmly guides his face up until he’s looking at him again. “Those eyes. You’re a hungry little thing, aren’t you. You can’t hide from me.”

Then, surprising Leon, Marner’s eyes harden into a steely look of determination. “So, show me what I need.” Marner leans up, capturing Leon’s mouth in a breath-taking kiss that he feels down to knees. “Make it good for me.”

[thatsrightice]

I’ve been doing a LOT of digging on what path the Top Gun pilots would have taken prior to the events of the movie, specifically Iceman of course, but I found some information regarding the squadrons that Iceman and Maverick would have been apart of directly prior to TOPGUN.

In a preliminary script for “Top Gun”, Maverick speaks to Iceman saying, “You were in 124 with Bargamian.” In Maverick’s line, 124 refers to the VF-124 Gunfighters, a fleet replacement squadron (FRS). Iceman would have been assigned to the F-14 Tomcat and VF-124 in the selection after flight school, and Bargamian is likely a reference to the last name of a pilot Maverick had likely known well. The squadron was located in NAS Miramar, California, and in 1972 the squadron became responsible for training pilots and RIOs in the F-14A Tomcat in the Pacific. These training fleet replacement squadrons would fly out to aircraft carriers to fly day and night carrier qualifications.

In the movie, however, Iceman wears a patch for VFA-25 Fist of the Fleet. This means that he was likely reassigned to VFA-25 for deployment. What is interesting about this is that the squadron never flew the F-14 Tomcat, rather, they only flew configurations of the F/A-18 Hornet. VFA-25 was based out of NAS Lemoore, CA, and was in Carrier Air Wing CVW-14 at the time of the movie. They deployed on the USS Constellation from February 1985 to August 1985, and from September 1986 to October 1986. Their next deployment wouldn’t depart until April of 1987.

In the movie’s opening scene, Maverick and Cougar use the flight callsign ‘Ghostrider,’ the callsign for a real F-14 squadron (VF-142). In the early 1980s, VF-142 was deployed several times on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower as a part of Carrier Air Wing CVW-7 flying F-14s. They deployed from April 1980 to December 1980, from January 1982 to July 1982, from April 1983 to December 1983, from May 1984 to May 1985, and from July 1985 to September 1985. Then they had an extended turnaround while the ship returned to the shipyard for an extensive overhaul and did not deploy again until 1987 with the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

However, you may notice that Maverick’s patch is NOT for VF-142. The patch has VF-1 written, referring to the F-14 Tomcat fighter squadron known as the Wolfpack. The Wolfpack deployed on the USS Ranger from January 1982 to February 1982 and from April 1982 to October 1982. Then they deployed on the USS Kitty Hawk from January 1984 to August 1984 before returning to the USS Ranger from May 1986 to July 1986. They deployed again on the USS Ranger from August 1986 to October 1986 and from March 1987 to April 1987.

But this does not match the logo for the squadron, rather, the patch’s logo depicts a bird in flight. Aircraft from the NAS Miramar-based squadron VF-51 Screaming Eagles and VF-111 Sundowners were repainted in fictitious markings for the film. One could presume that the logo is meant to be a nod to the VF-51 Screaming Eagles. The Screaming Eagles flew off the USS Kitty Hawk in 1981 but transferred to the east coast following an accident that killed a deckhand from the squadron and injured an aircraft’s crew when an A-7E Corsair II from VA-22 struck one of VF-51s aircraft. They flew off of the new USS Carl Vinson from March 1983 to October 1983 as the ship traveled to its homeport in California. VF-51 is the first F-14 squadron to intercept several Soviet aircraft including an armed MiG-23. The squadron cruised with the USS Carl Vinson from 1986 to 1987.

Obviously, we know that Top Gun was filmed on the USS Enterprise, so this is another inaccuracy regarding his squadron. The USS Enterprise sailed with CVW-11 many times in the early 1980s. They deployed from September 1982 to April 1983, May 1984 to December 1984, from January 1986 to August 1986, from January 1988 to July 1988, and from September 1989 to March 1990. CVW-11 consisted of VFA-14 Tophatters, VFA-41 Black Aces, VFA-86 Sidewinders, and VFA-97 Warhawks.

Basically, none of it will paint you a clear and accurate picture. Obviously, I didn’t expect it to be accurate in terms of dates or aircraft carriers lining up and overall accuracy, but the patches and bars on their uniforms would have been nice. I’ve been trying to put together a timeline for Iceman’s career prior to TOPGUN but it’s a little hard when they don’t flesh out a character with a complete and fool proof backstory. I mean, Val Kilmer had to come up with his own headcanon in order to play his character with at least a little bit of depth.

EDIT: you can find a lot of information on different Naval squadrons using the website seaforces.org, they’ll give you info regarding their deployments and what carriers they were on and what planes they flew. Also, Wikipedia is legitimately a great starting place in terms of research :)

[monstero-nightmara]

Welcome to a Horrific Nightmare! How may I help ya?

The names Monsterø or Kotr whichever one ye prefer.

A few things to start with is that I'm autistic and have ADHD so before ya send an ask or somethin', if you think it'll be needed please use tone tags! I appreciate it, pal. Also, I use multiple apps to do my art sooooo yeah, good luck with trying to find my custom brush if ya trying to. {I'm a traditional artist, doing art on paper sometimes and transferring it to digital WILL take time} I'll admit, I'm a bit crazy, few screws loose n'all but ig that makes it all the more fun!

If ya have questions feel free to ask! I don't bite! Well... Sometimes. This blog is mostly my hyperfixations which can more or less slip in and out once and a while, might be doing one thing then the next lol.

Some tags ig are: |#the depths for asks n'stuff| #Scribbles is for some small drawings I do| #ToastyTacos is for proper art I do? Maybe.| #Smocks is snacks of writing :)| #JellyfIsh is for ~dragons~|

Aus I have at the moment are: Funtime au (my own) and Nightmares au (also my own) though they're both in progress so y'all will have to wait

I'd like to think this is a safe blog btw, so please, haters I never asked!

[kaoharu]

Do you have any tips on getting into paradox live? I like some of the songs but I don't really know anything about it :3

WOO YEAH !!! havent talked abt paralive in a whiiile but basically the best way to go is listening to the voice dramas ! most of the tls can be found here i believe ( havent checked in a while but i follow their twt and theyre pretty much always tling content so . . . !! ) and the audio themselves are here !!! if u use spotify 👍

alternatively if u just Hate voice dramas for some reason you Could watch the anime but im not too big of a fan personally bc of the plot deviations + some character butchering so . . . but its still pretty enjoyable to watch to see their phantometals and stuff !!!!! so yeah

[blimbo-buddy]

False Fire FirePaw reference all finished. His actual ghost design + a normal design for better reference

Design note: He doesn't have a mouth

[silly-stage-au]

Out of all the characters, which one would be most likely to crawl up the stairs, the scaling is 1-10: 1 being no never why would I do that??? And 10 being HELLLL YEAHHHHHHH

Zhenya - 12, Nastya - 2 Elise - 9, Westley - 10 Nina - 4, Ája - 7 Dasha - 2, Roma - 6 Lisa - 8, Kyro - 5/6 Betty - 1, Marianne - 2

[marsuni]

does your doctors ever just drop something on you much later about your meds or your conditions and it explains a lot

[potionboy3]

oc asks: character design edition @gcldensnitch thanks for the ask!

for meera israni:

does your oc have any scars, piercings, tattoos, or other markings? do they display or cover them up at all?

meera often has some acne marks on her skin that she wants to cover up completely but she becomes more merciful to her skin as she grows up.

what's your oc's lazy-day look? how do they like to dress when they're winding down?

she actually looooves to wind down and take a break from trying to look perfect. she likes to dress warm and comfortable. her feet are easily cold so she wears warm soft socks.

does your oc have a favorite article of clothing or accessory? what is it? what's the meaning behind it? do they wear it all the time or do they wear it sparingly to keep it safe?

she has a trusty little black dress that she adores.

[holocene-sims]

What is an alternative life path your OC might have gone down? How different would their life be if they'd made those decisions?

What is your favorite thing about your OC?

For Grant Please!

thank you so much!! 🤍💖

1. what is an alternative life path your OC might have gone down? how different would their life be if they'd made those decisions?

honestly, grant has so many "butterfly effect" moments. i'll try to list a few of the more interesting ones (starting the most obvious one but impossible one, which would be "grant's parents were actually nice and his sister didn't die, so he's a well-adjusted human being with no trauma.")

two alternate paths depend on his career! obviously, we know in canon that he was first an aerospace engineer and secondly a pilot (though currently a bartender - we'll see what happens with his dream job soon!). however, his parents wanted him to be a doctor, and he grew up playing hockey, including in college.

if he hadn't lied to his parents about his college majors and had instead done biochem for them, he'd be MEGA unhappy. he'd be good at his job because he is very smart and willing to learn and he does like looking after people, but again, unhappy here. i'd say he'd be in a specialty that would let him work at a hospital because i think he'd get bored if there weren't a change of scenery/some excitement. specifically, i could see neurosurgery. one, some excitement, and two, i think if he were a doctor, he'd also be insufferably stuck by coincidence in a specialty that his parents would be TOO proud of.

if he stuck with hockey, he'd also be unhappy. he never wanted to do it professionally anyway but let's say he did. it'd be terrible. he'd still have the problem that is his incurable autoimmune disease, so he'd either (1) continue having his previous painkiller addiction fueled by doctors who don't give a fuck about you and only want you to play, or (2) still figure out his own shit and choose to step back from the sport, which would just put him back at square one.

another alternate option for his life would be that he didn't leave los angeles when he required surgery for his condition. then he'd be basically all alone when you know who *cough cough, his ex* cheated on him and that would have been ugly. he also would have been very unhappy here, too, because california was never a place he enjoyed living. he's fine with living outside of his home state but only if he chooses the location (and los angeles was not chosen by him). after the päivi incident, it'd be worse.

last one: what if he didn't break up with päivi? if he stayed with her, he could make it work, but it would NEVER be the same. he'd always be very uncomfortable and fearful around her, and they'd continue to be in conflict. plus, he'd have to consider the reason behind the cheating, which was because she was homesick. 100% he'd be too nervous to assert that he does not want to leave the country to live in finland, a place that he's not super in love with because of his dad, and he'd be stuck probably moving away with her. he's not going to reject her on that if he doesn't break up with her.

SORRY THAT WAS A LOT

but you know, ironically, grant is on the best path tbh, given that his early life is an unchangeable horror that he couldn't control. had he chosen any other path i mentioned, he'd be MUCH worse off. and i didn't even delve into all the times grant attempted to kill himself. had he been successful...well, he'd be dead, but the repercussions on his family and friends would be heartbreaking.

2. what is your favorite thing about your OC?

this is going to sound VERY basic but honestly, i like that grant is just a nice guy despite it all. shannon conveyed to him in a story post that it's amazing he manages to remain so kind and that's true, i think. he COULD be a hateful and bitter person, but somehow, he still tries to see the best in people and would give up everything in him to take care of or be kind to someone.

it's tragic in a way, you know, but still impressive.

i also like that he's learning to know when to put his foot down. he is figuring out that some people actually don't deserve that goodness in him. like i said above about the alternate lives thing, grant is smart and willing to learn, and even though healing is painful and leads him to make some of the most embarrassing "mistakes", he is still learning. he can admit he doesn't know everything (and he certainly doesn't know everything about life.)

[caffeiiine]

god sometimes i rememebr i had this weird crush on my friend and k could not act normally next to her for a good month because i was having lovely internal monologues

[deus-ex-mona]

it’s ✨okay✨, right~?

[eatcandlewax]

performing psychological warfare on my friend but it's just showing her characters she'll find interesting in an attempt to make her invested in them to the point she'll consume the content the characters are from