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[klayr-de-gall]

Day 12 - Pacific Rim

Modern Rock Stars

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I always liked that line in the exposition!

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[blazingstar24]

Had Thranto Pacific Rim AU/fusion ideas bouncing around in my brain lmao.

Sky-walker navigators, having minds that are safe from the two way street that is drifting, being trained to drift with kaiju to predict when another attack is coming, without ending up possessed like in PR2. This trait only lasting through childhood and eventually navigators start to experience feedback and are retired from duty. (Aka fading of second sight)

Kaiju attacks happening all over the galaxy. The Republic/Empire also dealing with it but in a slightly different fashion than the Ascendancy. During the Republic Era, only jedi masters and clones piloting Jaegers. Also falling to the dark side ties in with jedi going rogue and drifting with kaiju and not being able to block the link between them and the monsters. (The existence of kaijus basically disrupt what would be the timeline of the Clone Wars….maybe still thinking on that one) During the Imperial Era, the Imperial navy handling the kaiju and the ISB using older methods of predicting attacks (like how they were in the beginning of the movie)

Thrawn meeting Anakin during “the clone wars” era per usual, and learning about how the rest of the galaxy is dealing with the kaiju.

Thrass would have been Thrawn’s old drift partner but got killed. (While still connected) And Thrawn having to solo pilot their Jaeger back to Ascendancy. (Solo piloting and solo pilotable jaegers being reserved for only Admirals in the Ascendancy and in the Empire too) Thrawn being exiled due to saving the Ascendancy from a level 5 kaiju threat but also costing them a lot of Jaegers in the process and also Thrass dying (the more liked of the two in the Syndicate’s eyes) And also the usual Thurfian being like get this bitch out of here.

Thrawn going to the Empire to secure more allies and resources for the Ascendancy as he realizes that level 5 threats are going to start increasing. Palps being like mmm well first u gotta do shit for me per usual.

Per canon, Thrawn making sure he gets paired with Eli, who just wanted to help run numbers to help with the prediction of attacks, far away from danger. Eli and Thrawn’s neural link being incredibly strong from their first test dive. Them becoming the best of the best pilots albeit of course per canon, not in the most orthodox fashion. And also of course their Jaeger being the only one piloted by an alien in the Empire.

Eli still being in that “i don’t know if I trust Thrawn” space until one day they are doing daily drift simulations….on Vurika’s(Borika’s) star-day. And Thrawn who normally gives no feedback in the drift ends up chasing the rabbit and Eli gets a bit of his and Vurika’s childhood. Eli starting to see his partner as person as opposed to this unknowable, unflinchable monolith.

I have more ideas but this is getting long! May or may not write a fic.

[sailorrhansol]

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o n e s h o t s

Amnesia | S | A | Seungcheol x f. reader | Friends with Benefits to Lovers | Hint of Angst | Completed

Choi Seungcheol has never been the type to commit to relationships - casual is more his thing. You’re fine with that - except you and Seungcheol seem to be terrible at casual when it comes to one another. 

Hush | S | Incubus!Seungcheol x afab reader | Supernatural | PWP | Requested | Completed

You can’t seem to sleep, but the strange man in the bar that you can’t visiting promises he can help. 

o n e s h o t s

You. Always. | S | F | Soonyoung x f. reader | Established Relationship | Complete

Soonyoung isn’t a jealous guy - he’s not. But sometimes it gets to him, the way other people look at you and fall a little in love with you. Don’t they know you have him? 

o n e s h o t s

Chat, is that Rizz? | S | F | Streamer!Wonwoo x Streamer! f. reader | Established Relationship | Faux Rivals | Complete

Your rivalry with Wonwoo has existed for as long as you’ve been streaming. It’s fun, and both of your communities love it. Wonwoo is happy to play along - at least until you question his rizz while live, and he feels like he should remind you just how much rizz he has.

Sweetest Thing | S | F | Dad!Wonwoo x Mom!Reader | Established Relationship/Married Couple | PWP | Complete

For the first Halloween in years, you and Wonwoo are able to enjoy it together without the kids. When you feel a little nervous about your costume, Wonwoo is determined to show you that you’ve always been the sweetest thing. 

O N E S H O T S

Storm Breaker | S | A | Jaeger Pilot!Jihoon x Jaeger Pilot!Reader | Rivals to Lovers | Pacific Rim AU | Collaboration | Complete

It’s a known fact Lee Jihoon is one of the best pilots the Jaeger Program has. The only problem? He can’t keep a co-pilot to save his life. He thinks you’ll just be another Ranger in the rotation, but you are an unpleasant surprise. 

O N E S H O T S

Prism Power | S | F | Mingyu x afab reader | Established Relationship | Requested | Completed |

It’s your first Halloween with Mingyu as a couple and when a power outage threatens to ruin your favorite holiday, Mingyu makes sure to save the night. 

O N E S H O T S

Hello, Darling | S, A | Vernon x afab reader | Friends to Lovers | Supernatural | Thriller | Requested | Completed |

Vernon has been one of your best friends for years. Shy, quiet and calm, he’s always been a steady rock for you. He has no idea you’re in love with him, but that’s neither here nor there. After a strange series of events on Halloween night, Vernon seems a little… different, and the new version of him both terrifies and thrills you. 

o n e s h o t s

Blood & Popcorn | S | A | Chan x f. reader | Friends to Lovers | Idiots to Lovers | Complete

Fridays are reserved for watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer and stuffing your face with popcorn and pizza. It’s been like that for you and Chan since your freshman year of college. But when he skips your Blood and Popcorn night for a date, things take an unexpected turn. 

Still Watching? | S | Chan x f. reader | Established Relationship | PWP | Completed

Blood and Popcorn with your newly minted boyfriend is your favorite. Except now you watch a lot less Buffy and a lot more of Chan. 

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[hamsterclaw]

Fic Library: Jungkook (Part 1)

I realised whilst compiling this library just how many Jungkook stories I've read and recced. It's probably because Jungkook stories are far and away the most prolific on my feed and also probably because the maknae looks and acts like he does. I hope you enjoy these, don't forget to show these writers some love.

Rattled JJK x reader, single dad JK by @gukslut. The Jungkook in this story breaks my heart with his grit and humanity, and the MC is so relatable it hurts. If you haven't read this, do yourself a favour and be prepared to have your world rocked. Probably my favourite fanfic of all time.

The Cul-de-Sac Cons JJK x reader, JHS x reader, con artist AU by @bonvoyagenoona. I've read and re-read this a lot, the love story between JK and reader is fraught with intrigue and danger, and all the side characters - cuckolded husband Hoseok, Yoongi, Namjoon, are fleshed out perfectly as well.

Lonely Hearts Club JJK x OC, dystopian sci-fi tattoo artist AU by @joonbird. A story that made me think about fanfic in a completely different light, angsty and terribly sad.

Ego JJK x reader, fuckboi college AU by @suga-kookiemonster. A series that had me hooked from the first chapter, a rolling romp, with the perfect ending. Adore.

Feels like summer by @badbhye is a sweet, funny, coming of age story featuring reader and an grown-up, glowed-up next-door-neighbour Jungkook. Also features the immortal line 'Fucking Aquarius bastard' which makes me laugh every time I think of it.

Blink and you'll miss it by @satnin-darling is a fun, fast-paced story with great scene-setting featuring a street-racer reader and rookie lawyer JK.

Spin Cycle by @miscelunaaa is a slow burn series where reader meets Jungkook in a laundromat and their relationship develops over a collection of fun-size drabbles.

Damsel in shining armor by @jimilter is a follow up to the equally great Knight in distress and features chaotic chaebol JK and a competent, take no prisoners reader. A fast-paced, hilarious caper involving reader trying to do damage control as JK wreaks havoc.

Burning bright by @snackhobi is a Pacific Rim AU featuring Jaeger pilots Jungkook and reader, and an unforgettable classic in my book. I love this, and it always reminds me how damn talented fanfiction writers are.

Ghosts just wanna have fun by @sugaxjpg is about a Jungkook who has the ability to see ghosts set in a med school AU and features Yoongi and Taehyung as cockblocking spirits. Sweet and so, so funny.

Blackout by @bonvoyagenoona is set during one night when the entire neighbourhood loses power and Jungkook and reader navigate the neighbourhood block party. It's the perfect romantic almost first date.

Under the stars by @madbutgloriouspond is a sweet, cute, fluffy, real story about Jungkook and reader in a college AU that I love, love, love.

THAT nose riding drabble by @here2bbtstrash honestly doesn't even need a title. JK is sweet, clueless but willing, and Yoongi? He's the voyeur of my dreams.

Disaster management by @jimilter is gold. Unruly chaotic chaebol CEO Jeon Jungkook is back, and company President reader is right by his side as they try to avert disaster.

Leave the door open by @here4kpopfics is a strangers to lovers neighbours AU story that makes me think about how annoying and irresistible Jeon Jungkook would be if he lived next door.

Car sex by @musicloverxoxo7 features co-workers Jungkook x reader who flirt their way to a smutty, sexy encounter.

Euphoria by @btssavedmylifeblr is a beautiful study of life, love and mortality that is one of the best stories I've read. Unforgettable.

Part 2

[askanaroace]

The Locked Tomb: Gideon and Harrow - Aro Perspective

Any Locked Tomb fans here?

Just wanted to chat about Griddlehark. It's kind of amazing to be in a fandom where the same ship is end game for like 100% of the community, myself included.

But - and maybe this is just perspective bias - that ship has never been romantic to me. I've never really read anything romantic into Harrow and Gideon's relationship. To me, it's a very strong non-romantic bond that we, in this non-TLT universe, have no appropriate word for. Absolutely a Jaeger pilot (Pacific Rim) sort of bond. The new sff bond: cavalier and necromancer; sword and adept.

(I could go either way on it being sexual or not.)

"You are my only friend. I am undone without you."

--Harrow to Gideon, pg 356 GtN

"[...] the entire point of me is you. You get that, right? That's what cavaliers sign up for. There is no me without you. One flesh, one end."

--Gideon to Harrow, pg 432 GtN

"You think anything I did has been to make her love me? [...]" "Like I said before. She's just not into you. She's into bones. She gave her heart to a corpse when she was ten years old," I said. "She's in love with the refrigerated museum piece in the Locked Tomb. You should've seen the look she had on when she told me about this ice-lolly bimbo. I knew the moment I saw it. I never made her look like that... She can't love me, even if I'd wanted her to. She can't love you. She can't even try." [...] "If you think anything I did, I did to make her love me, then you don't know anything about her and me. I'm her cavalier, dipshit! I'd kill for her! I'd die for her. I did die for her. I'd do anything she needed, anything at all, before she even knew she needed it. I'm her sword, you pasty-faced Coronabeth-looking knock-off." Always your sword, my umbral sovereign; in life, in death, in anything beyond life or death that they want to throw at thee and me. I died knowing you'd hate me for dying; but Nonagesimus, you hating me always meant more than anyone else in this hot and stupid universe loving me. At least I'd had your full attention.

--Gideon to Ianthe, pgs. 435-436 HtN

So Alecto, wearied of talking, kneeled up on the rock and offered up the sword to [Harrow], and placed the child's hand upon the blade, so that it received also the red blood of the child. This made the child exceedingly faint, but it did not swoon of weariness. Which strength pleased Alecto, who said: Notwithstanding, I offer you my service. To which a voice on the opposite side of the shore was raised, exceeding wroth, and Alecto heard it shout in a very great shout: Get in line, thou big slut.

--Alecto's perspective, pg 477 NtN

Like Gideon knows very clearly that Harrow does not romantically love her. But they are the only two children of the Ninth left. They are committed to each other in "one flesh, one end" by now. They are meaningful to each other, and that is enough.

I don't know. I'm just having a lot of feelings about it.

[jamiesfootball]

@sighonaraa you opened the door on this so here we go:

PACIFIC RIM AU

Ted and Beard? Hella drift compatible. Shouldn't even need to be said. Since becoming a dad, Ted has struggled to justify his job as a trainer for the Pan Pacific Defense Corp, but damnit someone has to care about these pilots. Someone's gotta train them to make it out alive. So many of them die young.

He wonders sometimes if its selfish of him that he's not a pilot himself, but there's no hiding that sort of thinking in the drift. The Beard he knows in the drift is the gentlest man in the world, and he always, always, talks Ted down from doing anything stupid.

Rebecca is what happens when the drift goes sour. Rupert used what he learned to dig his claws in further. Rebecca was never a pilot, but Rupert's money helped built all of this. Even though she left him, even though he's halfway across the Pacific and she's the one left running everything, his voice remains in her head like a ghost. It's only by having people like Keeley and Ted at her side that she's begun to think 'maybe I'll try again some day. maybe.'

The tragedy of Roy Kent is that he didn't die young. Recruits have been calling him an old man since he turned thirty. He's almost forty. He's outlived all the recruits who first called him old. At this point he's become so overbearing, so controlling in a drift, that he's almost impossible to find a partner for.

Everyone is bewildered when one of the new recruits, some hot-headed mollusk they pried out of Manchester of all places, takes the general compatibility test and his scores come back. They check and they check again, and then they reluctantly call in Roy Kent.

Roy dislikes him instantly. He's too cocky and he doesn't take the risks seriously. They have one sparring session. Roy curses the sixth sense years of piloting have given him. They're drift compatible. Offensively so. Why won't the world give him a break?

Their first and only test drift is an unmitigated disaster. They nearly destroy one of the last functioning Jaegers; repairs will take months. Both of them walk away from the experience scraped raw and haunted by the knowledge they'll have to carry about each other for the rest of their lives.

Meanwhile Colin and Isaac are two guys from different departments who happened to meet in the lift one day. They ended up at the cafeteria talking for hours about everything and nothing, and the next day they got tested on a lark, even though neither was in the training program. Scores came back off the chart, they are now in the training program. It's terrifying. They wouldn't trade it for the world.

Richard and Jan Maas are barely drift compatible and shouldn't be let anywhere near a giant robot but somehow they keep winning so-

Keeley is the cutie on the bridge who gets to wear the bright colorful suspenders and run the clock.

Moe is one of those crazy scientists, but I couldn't decide which one so he might be both idk

Actually I've decided that Trent Crimm is Newton. He's not a scientist per se but he is a researcher and has fantastic style and rock t-shirts.

Oh and there's a sweet moment in here where Dani offers to drift with Jamie even though they basically just met and it is beautiful and healing. Dani is one of the most all-around drift compatible people around, but he really loves his amigo Jamie.

Sam is also a pilot in training and everyone in the world is like 'please no don't let the kaiju kill him or truly there is there no god in this world'

[localcryptic]

now. your tags are very interesting to me so i have to ask. do the puppets kissing KNOW its the other sidestep, or do they not know. is it a "we're compatible but only act on it when we don't know it's us" or is it a "we know its us but we only know how to perform tenderness in bodies that aren't our own". either way is pathological but in opposite directions

OKAY SO hfjfb this is about my sidestep Tal (they/them) and their puppet, Eden (he/him) as well as @b33tlejules sidestep Rhan (they/them) and Rhan's puppet..... who is also Eden (she/her)... i'll call them t!eden and r!eden for the sake of this post (and jules feel free to weigh in if you wanna)

now. the short answer is:

it'd be funny. both the edens are catty bitches and they'd make out for fun and never mention it again. pretend it didn't happen. r!eden is a lesbian and t!eden is a queer man and they wouldn't be attracted to each other but they Would make out because why not.

the much longer answer is: both tal and rhan take on a very different persona as their puppets. tal very much sees t!eden as his own separate person that just. also happens to be them. the edens each have more confidence than the telepaths that jaeger-pilot them do, and they each like to play the Character of Eden. being eden provides a sense of escapism, and they get very into the roleplaying aspect of it.

so it's closer to "we only know how to perform tenderness in bodies that aren't our own" but less in a "we actually would like each other but can only recognize it through being someone else" way and more in a "i'm bored and i don't want to be myself for a while, wanna pretend we're different people and see what happens?" way.

the characters they each play when they occupy their puppets would get along in ways tal and rhan Can't: the Edens can meet up for coffee and gossip, dress for attention, have no fear of being seen. they can actually unwind because their own physical appearance is no longer a danger in itself that they're trying to hide from, and i think that lack of constant anxiety would cause them to actually appreciate the things they have in common. As opposed to thinking "this guy has every trait i hate about myself. i need to beat them to death with a rock"

TLDR: at least 70% of rhan and tal's problems would be solved if they just tried LARPing.

[jedi-kat-18]

may i request a headcanon for an oc from c&s? I know you have some jaeger pilots, right? OwO/📁

Well, Maya and Lucio are gonna be introduced in the next chapter, so I'll tell you something about them. They're in a band! It's pretty small, just them and Dae-Jung, the younger Korean pilot. Maya does the vocals, Dae-Jung plays the drums, and Lucio does the electric guitar or synthesizer. They only got started 1 to 2 years ago when the 3 of them were stationed at the L.A. Shatterdome, so they've just released like, 1 or 2 albums so far. Their style is this kinda punk-rock-techno thing that's gotten really popular since the Kaiju War, and Newt's actually a pretty big fan of their work.

[themasksephinywears]

Isabella “Izzy” Diaz

Name: Isabella "Izzy" Diaz Gender/Pronouns: Female; She/Her Age: 40 Birthday: February 5th Nationality: American Birthplace: Miami, Florida Current Residence: Tampa, Florida Occupation: Receptionist at Over the Rainbow Air Tours Height: 5 ft. 6 in. Sexuality: Bisexual Fandom: Triple Frontier FC: Cote de Pablo

Brief Background: Izzy was born ten minutes after her twin brother, Mateo. They are the only children of Hector Caesar Lunez Diaz and Caroline "Carol" Diaz; their father was Mexican, and their mother was American.

She grew up in a very close, tightknit family, which had its advantages and disadvantages. Especially with Mateo. The two were joined at the hips when they were children, but starting their sophomore year in high school, the two developed separate friend groups. It momentarily put a strain on their relationship as Izzy wanted to find her own identity and felt almost suffocated by her family.

After graduating, Isabella had some difficulty finding some direction in her life. She did not know what she wanted out of life, what she wanted to do, only what she did not want to do. For awhile, she worked as a go-go dancer for a couple of clubs in downtown Miami.

When she was twenty-five, her grandmother grew sick, so her parents moved from their home in Miami up to Tampa, with Mateo following after finishing his military contract with the Marines. Tired of dealing with drunks, she moved in with her brother and worked as a receptionist at Uncle Luis’ car maintenance shop.

A month after her thirtieth birthday, Izzy was in a terrible car accident when a driver ran a red light; she nearly lost her life in the accident and had a long recovery, but she got through it. One of Mateo’s military buddies visited and stayed with the twins for a couple of weeks, starting up a new business- helicopter tours. She initially was going to work there for a couple of months while they interviewed other candidates for the office receptionist, but they hit it off really well, and she has been working there ever since.

Personality: Very practical, values usefulness and comfort over glamour, blunt and honest but not cruel, not afraid to speak her mind, very involved with her family but independent.

Likes: Dancing, Rock music, Boxing, Caramel, Singing along with the radio, Spending time with her family- having cookouts or watching sports, Honesty, Strawberries.

Dislikes: Snakes, Alligators, Moonshine, Liars, Baseball, Coconut, High heels, Country music, Pumpkin unless it’s her grandmother’s pumpkin flower soup.

Random Headcanons: - She graduated from high school but never attended college. - Her favorite drink is a tequila sunrise. - She has a fear of snakes and gators. She refuses to visit swamps or wetlands. - Her Uncle Luis taught her how to box. - She is a terrible cook. If it were possible to burn water, she would. - She has a phoenix tattoo on her left hip; she got it after the bad car crash. - She worked as a "go-go" dancer for a bar and at her uncle's mechanic shop before getting her current job. - She is very competitive against her twin; Mateo loves to bring up every time the two argue or are competing against each other. - She prefers being called “Izzy” but never “Bella”. That is a good way to piss her off.

[Other established verses below cut]

PACIFIC RIM VERSE

Izzy is a technician working at the Shatterdome, makes sure the jaegers are in perfect working order. She is a bit protective over the jaegers, feeling it is her craft and does not take kindly when pilots get them damaged. Her twin Mateo works security at the K-Science Lab.

[foodtruckery]

hey. hey. HEY. i am GNAWING ON YOUR LIMBS. fun fact: the first things i ever posted on ao3 like. ten years ago were for pacific rim. so i am UNWELL ABOUT THIS. like god this is such a fun idea and a fun take on the story. beside myself at the idea of stan as a pseudo hannibal chau but with knock offs. (also, like, stan would absolutely rock that drip, gold tipped shoes and all, just sayin)

and ford, baby boy, swinging from jaeger pilot to basically THE k-science division, yes. also genuinely love this concept for bill in an au like this just. MWAH love love love.

Thinking about how perfectly a PacRim au would work with stancest (heavy PacRim spoilers below the cut)

Stan and Ford find out they're drift compatible due to being twins, and they enlist into the program to get away from Filbrick and because it carries that sweet taste of adventure and glory they always craved as kids. They get to the program, run some simulators and some bo staff fights, lo and behold, they're exceptionally compatible by all known projections (wonder why. couldn't possibly have anything to do with their deeply repressed and undying love for each other combined with their shared memories growing up together. nah.)

Here they also meet and befriend Fiddleford, an engineer working on the Jaeger program. Things go great for a while, until Ford starts expressing desire to study the Kaiju, veering dangerously close to idolizing them for their biologically perfect design. Stan is vehemently against this and only wants to focus on killing them. They have a huge fight and they both get kicked out of the Jaeger program.

Stan fucks off and learns to make a living chasing kaiju landfalls and selling off uncannily convincing fake Kaiju parts and materials at obscene prices to whatever Kaiju groupies roll through town in the wake of destruction to worship their "gods." (They remind too fucking much of Ford.) He pockets enough for himself and donates the rest to the victims of the attacks.

This goes on for a few years, until a Kaiju attack obliterates his hometown and kills his parents, brother, and sister in law. Leaving only their 2 young children, only 7 years old. Twins. Dipper and Mabel Pines. (Yes I'm screwing with the timeline here. It will happen again.) He doesn't have any other way to make a living, and they don't have anyone else to go to. So Stan sells El Diablo, uses the money to buy a junk RV, fixes it up, and takes the twins with him on a cross country adventure of heroic conning. Along the way, they encounter Soos, Wendy, Candy, Grenda, and the rest.

In the meantime, Ford works with Fiddleford to develope a pons that can allow him to drift with a recently dead kaiju. It takes a few years, but they finally create it. (By this time Ford has become the highest knowledge of Kaiju biology in the world, and Fiddleford is leading the entire Jaeger engineering program.)

They drift together.

For Ford, it's ecstasy, euphoria, sublime, righteous. Finally he has been proven right, finally he knows why all the Kaiju tissue samples are genetically identical, finally he knows that there is a higher being behind the Kaiju. And that higher beings name is Bill. (Not really. His name would be impossible for any human mind to comprehend, drift or no. But Bill is a good enough substitute.) And Bill explains [insert Bill's offer here].

Unfortunately, Ford and Fiddleford's minds and memories weren't very compatible to begin with, much less with an dead alien brain from another dimension in the mix, and as the weakest willed of the 3, Fiddleford suffers permanent brain damage and amnesia.

The strength of that drift with Bill allows for them to experience ghost drifting, aka drifting during dreams. Bill teaches Ford how to make an upgraded version of the pons with less risk, and how to preserve a Kaiju specimen indefinitely so as to drift with him over and over again. The repeated drifts build a permanent neutral bridge between Ford and Bill, and Bill becomes able to take control of Ford's body, even outside of the drift. Ford becomes less and less focused on the Kaiju attacks and the people dying, and more lost in all the wonders of the multidimensional planes bill shares memories of with him.

With the lead engineer of the Jaeger program mentally obliterated, and the chief Kaiju biology researcher being possessed by a Kaiju, and the lack of support from the world's governments in favor of building a wall across the coast to block the kaiju, the Jaeger program slowly starts to collapse.

That is, until the day Ford discovers [insert horrifying Bill revelation here].

He panics and calls the one person who might be able to free Ford's mind from bill, the one person with whom he had a statistically impossible level of compatibility. The person he was the most terrified to open his mind to.

Stan.

[squadrah]

what are la squadra wearing for halloween when they're hitting the town?

Thank you for bailing me out, now's my chance to deliver late Halloween fun times! :D I'm actually going to go a number of ways here - I'm going to remind everyone of their costumes as depicted by that one official artist, and then add some of my own ideas!

Okay, so here's the art (had to hunt it down manually and scroll for half an hour but it was totally worth it):

And now I can give some of my own ideas!

Risotto:

Random costume: I feel like he's the perfect candidate for dressing as a Cenobite, since Metallica can help with any of the metal "accessories" like the nails on Pinhead.

Sexy option: I would love for him to dress up as a Pillar Man. Not even one of the few we know, just a generic interpretation of one.

Mundane Halloween option: "Man helping others reach the tall shelves at the supermarket"

Formaggio:

Random costume: I think he should dress up as a leprechaun, go to a party, and gradually shrink as people are getting drunk to mess with them. Bonus if he has a pot of "gold" to lead people to.

Sexy option: I feel like he should do us all a favor and take a crack at Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn.

Mundane Halloween option: "A guy who's dissatisfied with his haircut but cannot bring himself to tell the barber"

Prosciutto:

Random costume: This is too much in the vein of the art above, but I feel like he would make a really good Lestat from Interview With A Vampire; it's just an iconic and elegant look.

Sexy option: I want him to do the world a favor and go as Marilyn Monroe in that one white dress. You know the one.

Mundane Halloween option: "Project manager losing his mind over a tight deadline" / "Old man inspecting construction work"

Pesci:

Random costume: My first thought was that something like Conan the Barbarian would look good on him - just an excuse to really try on a different fur trim and show off his guns.

Sexy option: The random option is already halfway there, but he can't go wrong with a scantily clad wrestling outfit.

Mundane Halloween option: "A guy who had his order mixed up at the fast food place"

Ghiaccio:

Random costume: I envy him because White Album could technically make him an armored costume so he could go as a Pacific Rim Jaeger pilot if he wanted to and that's just magical to me.

Sexy option: Best option is probably dressing as a beach guard because he can flex if there's a pool.

Mundane Halloween option: "Jogger waiting in line at the store to buy mineral water"

Melone:

Random costume: This is such a random thought indeed but what if he went as a member of Daft Punk with a cool custom helmet that could emote for him (powered by Baby Face, perhaps.)

Sexy option: I feel like he deserves a slutty teacher costume and a hand pointer to brandish at people.

Mundane Halloween option: "A guy trying to dye streaks into his own hair at home"

Illuso:

Random costume: For him I would love something iconic like the Goblin King from Labyrinth (his Stand actually reminds me of the armored goblins from the movie.)

Sexy option: He would absolutely rock a Playboy Bunny outfit complete with high heels and his hair down.

Mundane Halloween option: "A guy who can't remember which pocket he put his keys in"

Sorbet and Gelato:

Lumping them together because they would want to match.

Random costume: I will die on this hill - they should go as Morticia and Gomez Addams, respectively, because I think they possess the energy required and it gives them leave to make out in public.

Sexy option: Imagine them dressing up as an extremely hetero couple from a romance novel cover and posing for pictures.

Mundane Halloween option: "Two guys who collided and spilled their drinks on each other"

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My Official Masterlist of Writer’s Month 2022! Link to the AO3 series here!

The Outer Worlds

Rules and Roses: Rhea and Felix experience the challenges of life and love in this Tossball AU

Curse of Pragma’s Muse: Felix uncovers a magical mystery involving Rhea and the circus in this Dark Circus AU

Drift to Destiny (crossover w/Pacific Rim): Rhea’s past and Felix’s future are put to the test as they become Jaeger Pilots

The Loud Goodbye: Rhea and Felix’s relationship reaches its breaking point after the events of the game.

Magic in the Desert: Rhea, a witch on the run, hopes to find sanctuary out in the desert, but her past has a way of catching up to her.

Our Day to Day Life: Rhea and Felix, childhood best friends, live together as roommates.

Into the Unknown: Felix decides to throw caution to the wind and follow a Fae into her realm.

Treasure of the Sea: In search of Phineas' niece, Rhea, Felix and Max are captured by the dread Captain Hawthorne.

TOW: Unreliable: A re-telling of The Outer Worlds if Alex Hawthorne had been hired to retrieve Rhea from the Hope.

Secrets in the Darkness: Secrets and ghosts come back to haunt Rhea and her friends as she is faced with shocking news in this gothic au.

Heat of Today: As the heat rises on the Unreliable, Rhea and Felix share a sweet moment together.

Our Whole Lives: Rhea, single mother to Alex, and Felix have a cute first meeting at the park.

A Realization Too Late: Rhea realizes her feelings too late when Felix tells her about his upcoming date with Nell.

Secrets in the Darkness: A Side Story: Felix reflects on the day he was taken in as Rockwell’s long lost son prior to the events in the story.

The Haunting at Hoffman Lodge: Rhea and the gang investigate the haunting at Hoffman Lodge.

The Rhythm of You and Me: Rhea is convinced by Felix to audition as the lead singer for his band.

Could We Ever Be?: Parvati tries to convince Felix to tell Rhea about his true feelings for her.

Never Let Me Go: On the threshold of adulthood, Rhea and Felix say their goodbyes before Rhea is set to leave Felix’s life...forever.

The Roadtrip: Rhea and Felix make the most of an awkward situation while they stay at a motel.

Resident Evil

Hunger in the Mountains: Jill and Carlos are tasked with going undercover for an event being held at the elusive Spenser Mansion in this canon-divergence story.

A Sweet Treat: After a long day’s work, Carlos treats Jill to his favorite comfort food.

Z Nation

Around the Campfire: Annie, 10k, and others share a quiet moment around the campfire remembering days at the beach.

Overwatch

You Can’t Always Be There: Angela rushes back to Overwatch HQ’s when she learns about Cassidy’s injury.

Elden Ring

A Blossoming Start: Aisling gets a first meeting with Miquella’s sister, Malenia, when she drops him off late at the animal shelter.

Taglist: @ghosttownwhispers​ @olliesaurus-rex​ @confidentandgood​

Some commissioned art under the cut for my @writersmonth stories I wrote this month <3

Annie by @zevrn​, western au Rhea by @alexandbear​, western au Rhea and Felix by @mostwantedpotato404​, cute/roommate Rhea and Felix by @fluffnflightillustrations​, ghost hunters Rhea and Felix by @awhellstothejoe​, and gothic au Rhea and Felix and rock band au Rhea by @bloodmaledikt

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Our Flag Means Death x Pacific Rim

This idea come fully formed this morning and I had to write it all down.

Note: If you want to run with it and make it a fic/art/whatever please do because I doubt I will write it unless I can think of a good story beyond blending the two worlds.

Basic Plot:

During the height of the Jaeger programme, a rich benefactor called Stede Bonnet builds his own Jaeger called the Revenge and want to pilot it himself. Unfortunately, he’s not found anyone who is Drift-compatible amongst his crew. (He originally thought his wife would join him, but he knew deep down it wouldn’t work even if she wanted to).

He gets injured in a kaiju attack and finds himself taken care of by Edward Teach, one of the greatest Jaeger pilots in the programme's history.

Edward asks Stede to try Drifting together and they work incredibly well, coming up with a plan to save a city under attack within a day of knowing one-another. They begin to pilot the Revenge together, whilst Izzy is furious they can Drift so easily. He hates Stede with a passion and tries to sabotage their every mission.

Edward is desperately trying not to give away that he likes Stede while Stede feels really strongly about Edward but he doesn’t really know that what he is feeling is love.

During a bad training session, they both end up chasing the RABIT and delving into their worst fears. Edward remembers how he killed his dad after years of domestic and child abuse. Stede remembers how he was bullied and how his dad hated him.

Together they fight kaijus and work through their problems and make out.

Main Characters:

Stede Bonnet: Rich benefactor stuck in an arranged marriage who wants to be a Jaeger pilot more than anything. Commissions his own Jaeger and runs away to the LA Shatterdome to start his career.

Edward Teach: The best Jaeger pilot in the entire programme, having had 12 kills with multiple co-pilots. Edward is currently piloting with Izzy Hands on the Jaeger called Blackbeard but they are not compatible (Edward is just good at blending in and adapting to his partners). Edward is bored with the rock star lifestyle and would love to give it all up, but Jaeger pilots pretty much don’t get to retire, only die in battle.

Izzy Hands: Current co-pilot with Edward on Blackbeard but brings out the worst in Edward. (When Edward and Izzy Drift together they become ruthless and less concerned about civilian casualties/collateral damage.) Wants to be immortalised amongst the greatest pilots but can only achieve that with Edward, and so he is dismayed when Edward finds the perfect co-pilot in Stede Bonnet of all people.

Stede’s crew:

Oluwade: LOCCENT Mission Control Technician. Voice of reason and brilliant leader.

Jim: They first work as a mechanic for the Revenge, keeping their head down until they are discovered and become Assault Specialist. They worked with their family in the Lima shatterdome until their family was killed by a kaiju attack (Jim knows they were put in the line of attack by a corrupt politician and seeks revenge).

Olu and Jim are Drift Compatible but haven’t been given the chance to test (yet).

Lucius: Journalist following Stede’s story. Stede acts like he’s his personal biographer, which Lucius goes along with so long as his expenses keep getting paid.

Black Pete: J-Tech Engineer. Claims he worked on Blackbeard, but nobody believes him.

Lucius and Black Pete get together and have the suspicion they might be Drift Compatible but they are in no way interested in piloting a Jaeger.

Frenchie: Neural Bridge Operator. Scams other Jaeger crews for laughs.

Wee John: Weapons Specialist. Has a crush on Frenchie but hasn’t acted on it yet.

Roach: J-Tech Engineer and team cook.

Swede: J-Tech Engineer and general disaster.

Buttons: Battle Programmer. Claims he can talk to the kaiju but nobody wants to take him up on proving it.

Other notable characters:

Mary Bonnet: Finds herself alone after Stede runs away to become a Jaeger pilot. Uses her wealth to help people on the Pacific coastlines and raise awareness of the corrupt Anti-Kaiju Wall programme.

Calico Jack: Edward’s old Jaeger partner before Jack was injured in battle. Comes back after Izzy contacts him to break up Edward and Stede. Tells Stede they used to be an item to throw him off on their next mission.

Nigel Badminton: Stede’s childhood bully and now in charge of the Anti-Kaiju Wall programme. Thinks Jaegers are a waste of money and resources.

(I’m uncertain if Stede kills him by accident or if he’s just a pain in the arse foil.)

Spanish Jackie: Kaiju Organ Harvester and mob leader.

Not sure who the Marshall/Officer of the LA Shatterdome would be, if it matters?

[stopcallingmethesacrificiallamb]

I’m ignoring like, big fics that are well known (I THINK) in the fandom like 91w and, and this your living kiss and stuff like that bc i assume you know them already but also bc i have read way too many aus and don’t want to send a thousand.

Impression by Tiamatv:

When Dean and Castiel were children, they swore that they would both be dragonriders. They’d stand together on the sands for the Impression ceremony. They'd live in adjacent rooms in the Rookery, where all the baby dragons grew up. They’d fly together in the same Wing, taking down the demons that spilled from the Hellgates—the same demons that had killed Dean’s mother. And when Sam got old enough, he’d join them.

Dean believed Castiel when Castiel said he could hear Novak, his mother’s dragon, talking—even though that was impossible. And Castiel didn’t care that Winchester, Dean’s family dragon, had a bad wing.

It wasn't much of a plan, but it was their plan. It should have been so simple.

But falling hopelessly in love with his best friend had never been part of Castiel's plan.

Moving Mountains by Tiamatv:

Marshall Robert Singer has one hand resting on his hip, the other gripping the discarded practice pole. Castiel thinks he looks tired. That said, with how the kaiju have been crawling with increasing frequency out of the Breach with every passing week and decimating the cities lining the Pacific, no one can blame the man for that.

Castiel knows there aren't enough Jaegers or Jaeger pilots left to defend the coastline against the monsters—but with his history, he's not getting back into harness. He's never joining his mind with anyone else's. Not again.

“Congratulations. You boys done dancing yet?” Singer demands, thumping the butt of the staff on the ground with blunt, percussive force.

“We got work to do.��

“Work?” Castiel asks, frowning.

“Congratulations?” Dean finishes.

“Well, yeah.” The Marshall of North America's last battle-center looks back and forth between them, clearly questioning their intelligence. His lip curls just slightly under his beard—no doubt at their blank expressions. “You’re obviously Drift-compatible, ya idjits.”

 “What?” 

“What?”

(A Pacific Rim AU)

Happily Alone by violue:

When Dean used to imagine being a rock star, he pictured enjoying it more than this. 

The Leap by FriendofCarlotta:

1961: Sixteen years after the end of World War II, Berlin remains occupied by the Allied Forces — America, Britain, France and the Soviet Union. Castiel Krushnic is a police officer in Soviet-occupied East Berlin. He is also gay, in a city where that’s a dangerous thing to be. One night, he meets Dean Winchester, a mechanic from the American sector. Their mutual attraction is instant, and a convenient hookup quickly turns into a passionate love affair that defies all rules and expectations.

But Cold War Berlin is a troubled place, and as more and more residents flee Soviet-occupied territory for the West, Castiel’s superiors begin to make plans to build a wall. The wall would cut off East Berlin from the rest of the city — and leave Dean and Castiel on opposite sides.

Ergative/Absolutive by glassedplants:

He really shouldn’t be thinking thoughts like this about his best friend who literally just broke up with his girlfriend, but he knows he’ll blame it on sleepiness in the morning. He always does. 

A Midsummer Night in Las Vegas by whelvenwings:

Dean is a Prince, and even in the 21st century he’s expected to make a good match (unfortunately for Castiel, marrying your local librarian and best friend apparently doesn’t count). The announcement of Dean’s upcoming arranged marriage to someone he doesn’t even know hits Castiel hard.

But late in the night during his bachelor party in Las Vegas, Dean leans over to Castiel and asks him a question. Castiel knows he should say no. But the next morning, Dean and Castiel wake up with matching rings on their fingers.

With an international incident only one mistake away, Dean and Castiel begin trying to get an annulment in secret - but slowly realise that neither of them wants to spend the rest of their lives apart.

Qualia by imogenbynight:

When Sam & Jess move into a smart home, Dean finds an unlikely match in the AI that keeps it running. 

And because I couldn’t not:

The whole of Not Part of the Plan by Annie D (scaramouche) as a series:

Castiel's spent most of his adult life keeping his head down and staying out of trouble. This is a deliberate choice on his part, because as a cousin of the King, he'd rather stay unimportant and forgotten. This changes abruptly when King Michael decides that he has a better use for Castiel: he is to be wed to a noble member of the neighboring Republic, as part of an agreement between their two nations.

Castiel knows he has to obey, but that doesn't mean he won't rebel in what small ways he can. Unexpectedly, his actions end up having far-reaching consequences.

I need fic recs help, throw any aus at me

[thebahwrites]

Could we know more about the PacificRim AU please ?

It sound amazing !!!

Just so we're clear this is what you're walking into. When I tell you I literally had this entire thing outlined to write I'm nOT EVEN JOKING so incoming wall of text. (And this is me holding back, please know. Talking about this has me ITCHING to write it...)

LET'S GO

Maverick as the outstanding pilot who, back then, could not drift with anyone. He could hit every simulation but couldn't hold a single partner, was about to be dismissed. Goose was his saving grace, man could drift with a ROCK if he wanted. They got along like a house on fire.

Goose dies when they're facing the lvl 6, they're still connected, Maverick manages to finish the fight enough that the Kaiju goes back but doesn't die. His jaeger suit burns into his left side, where Goose used to be.

Unlike GooseMav, IceSlider are the ice-cold-no-mistakes duo and they can't stand the other pair's chaotic strategies and way of fighting. They kept each other on their toes.

IceMav drifted together twice before 2022. Once before Goose's death, testing a new Jaeger and:

Once right after Goose's death, to finish off the lvl 6 Kaiju. Until 2022, they're the only pair of pilots to reach 101% sync.

Mav however disappears right after the fight, never to be seen again, remains as a Jaeger pilot legend. 17 kills under his belt.

CUE 2022 NEXT GEN

Maverick "disappears" as in, he grabs Rooster and Carole and moves to the Midwest, well away from any coastal cities and they live a lowkey life as much as possible. Of course, he adopts Bradley properly when Carole passes.

There were no pulled papers because Maverick wasn't at the PPDC Academy but there WAS an ugly fight between him and Rooster when Rooster enlisted, things were strained between them for a long time but eventually they fixed it.

Hangman? The Rinko Kikuchi/Chuck Hansen mix. Ice's adopted kid who got rescued when a Kaiju leveled Houston. It was IceSlider's fight to win and Ice took the kid in, no family left alive. But 10 years later Ice got sick from all the, you know, radiation exposure of those old Jaegers and also the stress of being a high efficiency pilot and couldn't continue, so 16yo Jake took up piloting with Slider. And when Slider got too old and also sick, he's the first pilot in line to solo a Jaeger. He's KNOWN for being the best active Jaeger pilot there is and he makes sure everyone knows that, too.

His Jaeger is a 6th gen machine, no nuclear core, etc etc.

Ice hates it, tries to hold him back as much as possible which results in A LOT of infighting but Jake also respects his father and Marshall, despite his public attitude.

He does give the old pilots a lot of shit in his interviews.

He's cocky, he's brazen, he's mean and he loves his family SO MUCH, Ice and Slider are all he has. He wants to prove he's just as good as Ice but he also wants to kind of show he's "earning his keep".

Ice resents himself for not letting Jake know any other life than the Shatterdome/Jaeger/Kaiju fighting, there was no way his kid would become anything other than not only a military brat but also an insane Jaeger pilot. Hopes that when their fight is done, Jake gets to live a more normal life and all but does have his doubts.

(And we all look at Iceman who let his One Get Away and then spent the next 30 years running the Kaiju Hunting Show)

I have many thoughts about Iceman/Hangman in this AU.

ROOSTER ON THE OTHER HAND. He knew a different/better life! And had a pretty peaceful upbringing or as much as someone in an alien-invaded world can have. But he did grow up with Maverick haunted and looking up to the Jaeger pilot stories. He decides to become a pilot for both of his fathers and also to prove he can do good. A bit of a world-savior complex.

Of course he and Hangman do not get along as soon as they meet, by the time he gets to pilot a Jaeger, Hangman has already racked up a bunch of field kills.

He turns up to be one of the few pilots able to pilot solo, too, so he gets one of the few 6th gen Jaegers. Competition with Hangman only gets worse from there and it grows even more impossible when they're stationed in the same shatterdome.

(For a good while he doesn't know Hangman is Ice's kid NOR that Ice is the 'Tom' he grew up hearing Maverick talk about. It's a whole thing.)

Phoenix doesn't solo pilot but she has a problem similar to Maverick's. She's HIGHLY selective with her drifting partners and they usually don't last more than a couple runs because they're never good enough for her.

Coyote solo pilots but he's also one of the few able to drift with Hangman. They hit it off when Javy graduated the Academy and went on to field practice, Jake was training to solo pilot.

Bob is one of the top sim scorers but he's not exactly looking to pilot, he's better with the Jaeger engineering and weapons development, but he also likes seeing how they work up close.

Payback is a little older, along with Rooster, he had a few drifting partners, most of them quit as the Corps started losing the war and as the program began to get underfunded, so he quit too. He gets called back when the lvl 6 wipes out half of the new gen pilots, including his last partner.

He's put with Fanboy who's just the most excitable new pilot and no one wants to deal with the kid who's a bit of a Jaeger groupie. Reuben thinks it's cute. They hit it off immediately.

Maverick gets brought in to try and help these new gen kids but also he's one of the few that can pull off piloting a 2nd/3rd gen Jaeger which is what THEY will have to do because lvl6 and above Kaiju have EMPs that simply disable Jaegers of 5th gen and above that are all electronic and not nuclear. He also doesn't want to drift with anyone but ends up drifting both with Rooster for one fight and with Ice for another, despite not wanting anyone else ever again inside his head. (It turns out a healing experience.) Also of course, when Hangster does get to drift and fight, they beat the IceMav 101% sync because that's how we roll.

....ANYWAY I TOLD YOU I HAD MANY MANY THOUGHTS ON THIS AND I UHHHH I SIMPLY.... I love PacRim (as in, I have official merch from the movie release okay) and I love TGM so yes, look at this wholeass AU, I have SO MANY MORE thoughts on it.

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Over here chewing on my phone because I keep thinking about the submas Pacific Rim au.

• Officially calling this au Echoes in the Deep

• I think it'd likely be set in the PR world, (so... the "real" world,) because it just seems easier to do it that way. At least for me. Which means no pokemon, probably. The Becket boys were stationed in Alaska, so I'm going to say the train twins (Trewyn? I like that surname for them a lot) are stationed somewhere in California, despite how much I wish I could set them in New York. But alas. Pacific Rim.

• (Do I need to stick to "logical" things in an au set in a post-kaiju-apocalypse world protected by giant mechs? No. Will I attempt to do so anyway? Yes.)

• Emmet and Ingo are the pilots of the Mark-3 Jaeger Spectre Arachne.

• They're still super famous in this - as Raleigh says, "jaeger pilots became rock stars." They're on par with the Becket brothers and, (because I adore them) the team from Cherno Alpha; just as drift compatable as the Beckets (though maybe not as showboat cocky) and just as brutally efficient as Cherno. Rather than taking delight in how tough a battle is, they take great pride in their ability to take a kaiju down swiftly and cleanly, with as little collateral damage as possible. They have a 0 Human Casualties streak, taking down breached kaiju long before they can ever make it to shore.

• Used a name generator for this, but the kaiju that finally manages to take them down is gonna be called 'Encroacher,' a Category III, same as Knifehead, the kaiju that took down Gipsy Danger. Neither of the boys die, and they manage to just baaaaarely defeat Encroacher, but their jaeger, Spectre Arachne, is fucked.