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[tomnii]

loid/yor and damianya 👀

YEAHH

-Loid/Yor

Ship it | Don’t Ship It

1. What made you ship it?

I think that the grenade scene did it for me… They’re dynamic is so funny and wholesome that it’s hard not to. They’re so stupid I hate it (affectionate). And the fact that their relationship is somehow a slow burn despite the fact that they’re married— oough, literally right up my alley.

2. What are your favorite things about the ship?

How much they genuinely care for the other and for Anya. Yor really tries hard to be a good wife for Loid and it’s adorable to watch. The teases are fun too, and it’s very heartwarming to see them over time actually falling into their role of husband and wife.

3. Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

Honestly? I wouldn’t mind if their relationship stays platonic or if Loid ends up with Fiona.

-Damianya

Ship it | Don’t Ship It

1. What made you ship it?

Um literally the very second Damian was introduced as Desmond’s son I went: “Please fall in love with Anya please it’d be so hilarious-”

2. What are your favorite things about the ship?

THESE TWO ARE MY FAVORITES… I love seeing Damian being his mean mean tsundere self and confusing Anya because. She’s like, six. She literally cannot understand why he’s hot and cold and it’s hilarious to watch them interacting. Anya trying so hard to befriend Damian but him always being mean to her because he’s Damian… Aaagh. Whenever I see Damian care for Anya, it’s like, a bullet to the heart.

also. this

HE DOES THE HEH BACK I CAN’t

3. Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

Hmm, I don’t think so? I do think that Yor and Loid would be quick to adopt him into the family, despite Lois’s initial reluctance due to him being a Desmond.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY OMG????? please feel free to ramble to me about whatever you want my eyes and ears are open (I HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD DAY BTW BESTIE !!! 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️)

THANK YOU!! and of course!! I'm about to do a writing sprint and then curl up with a movie but for sure <333

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i’ve been pretty good !!! how have u been dearest? <33 🪱

ICARUS. IT WAS YOU THE WHOLE TIME. I FELL IN LOVE WITH MY TUMBLR MUTUAL. AGAIN

[lannisterdaddyissues]

ok when i get back on campus i’m changing my url back to lannisterdaddyissues new year new me

[callsignmav]

Wingmen for life.

A GIFT FOR: @hcrogasm | @looney-just-like-her-tunes

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Tag game

go to pinterest and make a mood board of the first 9 pictures that pop up!

Tagged by @bradleybeachbabe ❤ ty Rachel

@theharddeck @h0llandshalstead @katcoquette @zablife @the-makingsofgreatness @hcrogasm @fanboygarcia @murderousginger @top-hhun

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Thought bc I don't see enough of it in fics. During his time in the Navy, Mav has been on countless covert ops, some of which are so covert that even Ice doesn't know any of the details. But this also leads to Mav having a weirdly close relationship with SECNAV and the President bc he had to report directly to them for some of those missions. Now imagine the daggers and the '86ers finding out about said mission bc of a scar Mav says and him just responding with "if I told you, I'd have to kill you" when they ask how he got it and when they think he's joking, for once, Ice is like "no no, he's completely serious. I don't even know how he got it and he's my husband." Which of course leads to everyone being shook and super concerned.

see this just leads me into thinking about those Top Gun x Mission Impossible crossovers like the one @hcrogasm co-wrote. :) In this case, it sounds like Maverick is helping his estranged twin brother Ethan Hunt out with missions that he can't discuss because they're...IMPOSSIBLE MISSIONS XD

[paxny]

11,15,21 for the ask game~

Ha ha ha ha....I'm so sorry it's taken me so long to respond to you 😭. I've been thinking about your questions for a while though, and I've decided to focus on 15, which was asking for fic recs. I consume so much fanfic, so this list is by no means comprehensive, but I will link a handful of my favorite Top Gun fics below.

Please be mindful of all tags and content warnings, consume safely/healthily, and give all of the amazing authors (I have tagged who I can, but if anyone knows of/is a creator I missed please let me know and I'll add you) some love! Enjoy, darling!

@the-hard-deck @sassenach082 @topgunreacts @boasamishipper @beterparker @hcrogasm

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I posted 848 times in 2022

That's 472 more posts than 2021!

89 posts created (10%)

759 posts reblogged (90%)

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#top gun: maverick - 280 posts

#icemav - 221 posts

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#tom cruise - 184 posts

#tom iceman kazansky - 176 posts

#top gun 1986 - 117 posts

#pete mitchell - 59 posts

#val kilmer - 59 posts

#tom kazansky - 54 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#when he yeeted himself out of penny's window two things happened: his knees cracked and his soul vacanted his body the second he saw amelia

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

maverick seems like the type that would moan outloud when the food he's eating is really good and then be surprised when all the tops in his near vicinity stop eating to stare at him.

ice just wants one breakfast. one. where he doesn't have to consider throwing his coffee cup at a person.

1,023 notes - Posted August 27, 2022

#4

Maverick: mansplain, manipulate, manwhore

Iceman: godspeed, godbless, godforbid

1,408 notes - Posted August 14, 2022

#3

A shiny new Admiral: *ranting about how pete 'maverick' mitchell should be grounded*

Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky, known Maverick enthusiast and professional MavEnabler™: how interesting-

1,509 notes - Posted August 4, 2022

#2

the moment cyclone realized he as an admiral inherited maverick from iceman, he lost 10 years of his lifespan and his headaches have multiplied at an alarming rate since then

1,613 notes - Posted August 2, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

An Admiral, kicking down the door to Ice's office: YOUR SUGAR BABY IS AT IT AGAIN AND I HAVE HAD ENOUGH-

Ice, about to dig into the lunch his husband packed for him:

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625 posts created (22%)

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Only 16% of my posts had no tags

#tom cruise - 647 posts

#top gun maverick - 355 posts

#pete maverick mitchell - 160 posts

#ethan hunt - 135 posts

#mission impossible - 130 posts

#mike wozniak - 93 posts

#taskmaster - 85 posts

#top gun - 85 posts

#the mummy 2017 - 83 posts

#stacee jaxx - 76 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#so whenever he did even the slightest thing that was considered bad he was made to feel worthless which is why he questions himself so much

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Ask game based on the questions from the podcast Films to be Buried With [x]. 

1. What is the first film you remember seeing?

2. What was the film that scared you the most?

3. What was the film that made you cry the most?

4. What film is TERRIBLE but you love it?

5. What is the film you once loved but watching it now you realize it’s terrible?

6. What is the film that means the most to you? Not because of the film it’s self, but because of the memories, you have of it.

7. What is the sexiest film?

8. Which film do you most relate to?

9. Which film is objectively the greatest ever?

10. Which film is the one you’ve watched the most?

11. What’s the worst film you’ve ever seen?

12. What is the film that’s literally made you laugh out loud the most?

221 notes - Posted August 23, 2022

#4

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#3

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#2

I'm halfway through Tom Cruise's filmography, and one aspect of his acting which stood out to me is that he's unafraid to show vulnerability on screen, be it fear, silliness, or embarrassment, i.e.

- Jerry Maguire face-planting onto the floor when he rushes back into the office after being fired. 

 - Ethan Hunt in Fallout after the bathroom fight when Ilsa tells him he doesn't know what he's involved with. "I don't know what I'm involved in. I don't know what I'm involved in... What am I involved in?"

- Ethan Hunt in Rogue Nation when he attempted to jump over the hood of the car, slipped and face-planted onto the floor. 

- Bill Cage when he is wiped out by a car while running to Rita in Edge of Tomorrow. 

- Jack Reacher looking at the knife when he has to face off with the bad guys who have assault rifles.

I couldn't help but think of Harrison Ford. It’s been said somewhere by someone that one of the great traits Ford has as a screen actor is the ability to show fear without undermining his hero status, and I think Tom Cruise shares this trait, as well as humor. Their characters are funny and they will often lean into the humor without undercutting it, and that makes them more relatable. However, despite those similarities, the way I respond to them as an audience member is very, very different.

Harrison Ford is an actor I grew up watching, and Star Wars and Indiana Jones were the main staples. While I did enjoy those films, even as a kid, there was an energy Ford brought to the screen which felt dangerous. Thankfully, this is all brilliantly examined by Pop Culture Detective in this video, and jumping off the back of that, I want to talk about the power dynamics between Tom's characters and the female leads in his action films.

Let’s start with Nick Morton in The Mummy, who is an adventurous type in a similar vein to Indiana Jones. Both characters go around stealing artifacts. Although Indiana Jones would claim he’s preserving them by putting them in a museum, he's still stealing them from the indigenous culture. Nick is more honest with himself about being a thief. Another distinction between Nick Morton and Indiana Jones is how they interact with their respective heroines. Our first introduction to Jenny Halsey in The Mummy is when she, without hesitation, slaps Nick across the face and calls him out for stealing some papers from her. Nick plays dumb because he thinks she won’t want to admit that they slept together. However, Jenny is not at all embarrassed by this and instead uses it to get in a dig about Nick’s prowess in bed. In response to this, Nick makes a quip that she didn't complain the night before about his performance. The key difference between what you would see from a character like Indiana Jones in this scene is that at no point during this exchange does Nick get in Jenny’s face or manhandle her to try and intimidate her physically to reassert his masculinity. 

Then there's Bill Cage in Edge of Tomorrow, who, like Nick Morton, is a morally ambiguous character. Cage is a coward who finds himself a safe job far away from the fighting, but is suddenly stripped of his rank and thrust onto the frontline after the attempted blackmail of an army general backfires. When he first comes across Rita Vrataski on the beach, he is lying on his belly, out of his depth in battle and looking up at her with bewilderment and awe, the Angel of Verdun. Rita is then immediately killed by a rocket blast right in front of him. The second time Cage meets Rita on the beach, he saves her life by pushing her out of the way of the rocket and getting hit instead. This is where we see Rita’s determination and single-minded focus to win the war; she does not stop to mourn or thank the man who saved her life; instead, she steals Cage’s power back and leaves him for dead on the beach. This ruthlessness does not deter Cage from seeking her out again on the battlefield. He knows Rita is his way off this beach. Once Rita understands that he has the power to reset the day, this is where Cage’s purpose changes from trying to save himself to serving Rita. We witness this with the scene at the farmhouse where he is kneeling at her feet serving her coffee.

By this point in the film, Cage is as well trained as Rita, but his authority never supersedes hers; he is only ever subservient. He does try to deter her from the mission by not admitting that they have been at the farmhouse before. He already knows that no matter what he does, he can’t save her, he can’t get her past this point, and what gives him away is three sachets of sugar. That one caring act of being prepared to make her coffee as she likes it is enough for Rita to realize that he’s lying, that they have been at this farmhouse multiple times. Here is where something shifts in Cage, because after witnessing Rita’s death this time, instead of telling her in the next loop that he can reset the day, he decides to find the omega on his own, knowing that if he succeeds, Rita will be dead.

"I’m a soldier. Why does it matter what happens to me?"

Cage is learning that in war you can’t save everyone, something Rita knew when in one loop she unceremoniously took his power pack after saving her. This is when he begins to be on an equal footing with Rita, demonstrated in the scene where they both realize, and agree without words, that they have to break into Whitehall to steal the transponder. While they had been a team before, Cage is now fully onboard with the job of finding and killing the omega. They then only have one shot left at succeeding, because Cage has lost the ability to reset the day anymore, but Rita trusts Cage to do it. This finally shows that they are equals.

In contrast to Nick Morton and Bill Cage, there’s Ethan Hunt, a morally good character who is intelligent, highly capable, and most importantly, empathetic. I won't go through all six Mission Impossible films, but instead, solely focus on the dynamic between Ethan and Ilsa. Ilsa saves Ethan on multiple occasions in Rogue Nation.

The first time the audience and Ethan meet Ilsa is at a moment when Ethan is incredibly vulnerable. He just witnessed the murder of a fellow IMF agent before being gassed and kidnapped, where he wakes up tied to a pole in a basement under threat of torture. It is only because of Ilsa that Ethan makes it out alive. The second time they cross paths is after the opera in Vienna, where we learn that Ilsa is an MI6 agent who is deep undercover.

Slowly, the film is building a connection between Ilsa and Ethan, but one that doesn’t override either one's main objective. As much as Ilsa has a sense of loyalty to an agent from an allied country, and saves Ethan again from the water tank, to escape from Ethan in the bike chase, she steps into his path suddenly, causing him to fall off and skid into the dirt. In any other film, this would be a humiliating moment for the main character, and there would almost certainly be a scene to balance it out and give the upper hand back to the male hero, but not in Rogue Nation.

There is not one scene where Ethan tries to reassert control or dominance over Ilsa, like the kind you would see in a Harrison Ford film where he gets into the personal space of a woman to sexually intimidate her. Instead, it is established that Ilsa, throughout the film, is Ethan's equal, and his masculinity is not threatened by this; nor is he humiliated in being rescued by her; and he feels no need to try and assert his dominance.

This is something which continues into Fallout, where once again Ilsa saves Ethan, and once again they are starting from opposite objectives. Ethan has to break Lane out, Ilsa has to kill him, and the essence of their relationship is distilled beautifully by Christopher McQuarrie.

There is emotional maturity and understanding between the two of them that elevates their relationship above what you would normally find in this genre of film between two spies of the opposite sex.

However, the character who is the most interesting to look at in terms of male/female power dynamics is Jack Reacher, as he is probably the most traditional action hero Tom Cruise has played. Reacher is a gruff, no-nonsense man of few words, and as the book outlines, his philosophy is: Hit early, hit hard. Kill with the first blow. Get your retaliation in first. This man is dangerous. Yet, at no point do I feel that the female characters are in danger around Reacher simply because they are women.

First off, the waitress who clears away Reacher’s table. It’s a small but, I think, important interaction. All Reacher does is give her a "fancy it" kind of look, but there's nothing aggressive or leary about it, and when she rejects him, he's disappointed but quickly moves on.

Secondly, the dynamic between him and Sandy in the first scene at the bar; he is being tough on her, but we know that he’s seen her argue with some guy before coming to sit at his table, so he’s probing. He’s trying to work out what her angle is. He’s mean, but he’s never intimidating. Then later, when he goes to Sandy's work, he’s pissed that she tried to set him up, but at no point do I ever feel Sandy is in danger, and at no point does Reacher try to exert information out of her by getting into her personal space. He never uses the threat of sexual violence to get that. His whole attitude is much more that of a disappointed dad. When he understands what is going on with her, and that she is a victim too, he softens toward her because she is just a kid.

Then there’s the main relationship between Jack and Helen. From the get-go, there’s an attraction but also competitiveness. Two very intelligent and competent people who are good at what they do spend the first half of the film trying to get a handle on one another and their motives. But in terms of sexual power dynamics between the two, I think there is one part where the film has Reacher lean into an action film trope, but then pulls away from it. 

It’s the scene with Helen in the hotel, where Reacher is shirtless and says they need some sleep. He reaches across her, and for a moment, Helen thinks he’s suggesting sex, but instead he puts her keys in her hand. I think that was Reacher playing with her a bit, teasing her about something possibly happening to see how she would react, but it never feels threatening. He doesn’t linger in her personal space because he knows that nothing can happen between them. He will leave town once the mystery is resolved. The one scene where they do get close, where they linger and lock eyes, is the moment in the lobby where Helen gives Reacher the address to the gun range. That scene feels very different to what you would normally see in this kind of film. They feel very much like equals, like they’ve come to understand one another at last, and while they both feel the attraction, Reacher is never dominating.

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My #1 post of 2022

Some thoughts on social media and the online experience. 

You don’t have to be on every platform. 

You don’t need to comment on every trending topic.

Before you comment on something, take a moment to think if you have the energy to deal with follow up questions or statements.

It’s okay to say, “alright I’ve had enough of this discussion now” and offer not further explanations. 

Sometimes you just need to write the post in drafts and then delete it. 

Muting or blocking words/people will bring you peace.

People disagreeing with your opinion, or not liking a piece of media you enjoy, is not a personal attack on you.  

Where you can have a conversation with people.

Humor doesn’t always travel well.  

997 notes - Posted September 25, 2022

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hi! i was wondering if you could tell us what your wips are? also is there anything in there featuring phoenix specifically? i love her character and your writing and i’d love to see that!

Hi there, Nonnie!!!

I answered this a few weeks ago, but the list has gotten longer (*cries*) so here goes:

Ante Up Part 3 (aka, Mav’s bachelor party)

The Bet sequel (where Jake joins Bradley & Mav in bed)

An untitled RoosMav where Rooster & Mav meet up every year on the anniversary of Carole’s death

An untitled RoosMav where they have no history together (aka, Mav never flew with Goose, but Bradley still goes into the Navy)

An untitled HangMav that takes place post-TGM

2 short untitled HangMav fics

An untitled IceMav fic based on @hcrogasm's excellent prompt

An untitled IceMav that takes place post-Top Gun

An untitled Phoenix centric fic that I'm still mulling over, but I'm really intrigued by the idea

A Greek Gods Superbat AU for @susiecarter (I am finishing this fic next year no matter what :D)

(And yes, two Stucky fics that I’ll get around to finishing at some point)

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I posted 16,016 times in 2022

That's 608 more posts than 2021!

497 posts created (3%)

15,519 posts reblogged (97%)

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#fanart - 74 posts

#barista life - 65 posts

#supervisor life - 56 posts

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Longest Tag: 135 characters

#and my senior year of high school i had a solo in a musical that was written by students but with music from other established musicals

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Sophia Ascart

“Hamefura”

Please don’t repost

Reblogs appreciated

93 notes - Posted May 13, 2022

#4

Mafuyu Sato

“Given”

Please don’t repost

Reblogs appreciated

110 notes - Posted May 19, 2022

#3

Hades & Persephone

“Lore Olympus”

Please don’t repost

Reblogs okay

126 notes - Posted April 5, 2022

#2

Ask game!

Tagged by @bdeblueyes sorry I’m getting to this so late, I was focused on work and drawing!

Rules: Tag 9 people you would like to get to know/catch up with

Last Song: Not counting the soundtrack to the movie I’m watching, the last song I listened to on Spotify was “Snow Fairy” (the first opening theme to Fairy Tail). The one before that has been stuck in my head though. It’s this song from ‘given’ that I don’t know the translation for.

Last TV Show: given. And I cried just as much as I did the first time I watched it

Currently watching/listening to: Aladdin. It’s a familiar movie that I can easily fall asleep to, and it’s also sentimental

Currently reading: I also am reading a lot of fics, but I am also reading a lot of webtoons, and Dracula.

Current obsession: Yes. Take your pic from any one of my hyperfixations. In a very broad scope, though, bl anime. The stories are just so good and the boys are so pretty to draw.

Tagging: @lannisterdaddyissues @ren-fangirls @potatoesforsamoo @snakecrown @bigbagofgabriel @kazliin @nostalgic-bee @hikarry @victoronyurionice

210 notes - Posted May 19, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

I love that Loid’s only thought about when Yor was attacking him was “why is she physically attacking me if she’s a witch?” And not “why is this woman skilled in combat enough to cut my face, and should I be worried?” Because it shows just how clueless he is about what’s normal.

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I posted 76 times in 2022

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63 posts created (83%)

13 posts reblogged (17%)

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@hcrogasm

I tagged 76 of my posts in 2022

#ms tg - 69 posts

#top gun - 57 posts

#pete maverick mitchell - 55 posts

#tom iceman kazansky - 52 posts

#top gun 1986 - 52 posts

#icemav - 49 posts

#ms art - 30 posts

#fanart - 21 posts

#top gun fanart - 17 posts

#nick goose bradshaw - 13 posts

Longest Tag: 136 characters

#headcanon: ice sees maverick doing that pose and he just. walks into a door since he’s so distracted by the beauty that is pete mitchell

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Maverick: I couldn’t get to sleep last night.

Goose: If you can’t get to sleep it means someone’s thinking about you.

Maverick: Who would be thinking about me at 3 am??

Iceman, from the other side of the room: …………

617 notes - Posted October 10, 2022

#4

Iceman: *spinning a pen, looking slightly bored*

Maverick: *casually twists around to stare at his rival, (or is it lover-?) obviously having taken subtlety classes beforehand*

Goose: not again Mav- pls

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620 notes - Posted September 11, 2022

#3

(Over coms/radio, secretly (?))

Maverick: hey Ice since that was so awesome do you want to buz—-

Ice, immediately: Yes.

Both of them, 2.87 seconds later:

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678 notes - Posted August 1, 2022

#2

No-one:

Literally no-one:

Maverick: *looks at Ice twice within ten seconds of the first scene they’re in together and then says he’s been working out who the best is,, where in reality it’s blatantly obvious that he’s got the biggest crush on a certain Iceman*

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743 notes - Posted November 3, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

So I found this gif by @buzzthetower and. Thought of this. Enjoy :D

Slider: *talking*

Maverick: *listening to slider and being so impossibly cute at the same time*

Iceman: *staring at Maverick unapologetically for the WhOlE eNtiRE gif and not taking in a sINGLE word Slider is saying*

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