#makoraleigh

[lyctorism]

the whole 'they do romantically coded things and share deep, unbreakable bonds formed through trauma or showing the other kindness and consideration they've never experienced before but it's actually Not Romantic and it's totally platonic because that's, like, way deeper haha lol'. and patterns come in threes!!! with mako and raleigh from pacific rim, carmy and syd from the bear, AND frenchie and kimiko from the boys. SICK. what is happening to us. look what they're taking from you.

[coldmilkchoices]

if you are a pacific rim fan and you havent read this fic you need to it is Thee pacific rim fic of all time ive never read a fic thats so in character in my life. the writing is incredibly evocative and it does so much cool stuff with the drift

Summary: One day he looks up from the scaffolding and realizes that he’s almost exactly at Jaeger height and has to wrap his hand tight against the metal to keep from stepping out into the air. Not because he wants to kill himself or anything, just because for a split second his mind felt that old equilibrium and he just knew he should be able to, should be able to walk straight across the valley in front of him and out into the sea and on forever until he finds whatever’s next.

[ajaegerpilot]

pacific rim / rogue one endings

[everythingeverything2]

t4t makoraleigh send tweet

[mxgicdave]

you can always find me

[fatalst]

mako & raleigh — beginnings and endings

[morphenomenalbabe]

In 2017, I posted 37,405 words onto AO3, which is great in comparison to 2016’s 23,915! And it doesn’t include my incomplete nano attempt, so I’m actually feeling great about this lol. 

Thank you so much to everyone who has left comments or kudos, to anyone who has provided feedback or beta-ing, and especially to the @writingfeedbacknetwork, who have really been amazing cheerleaders. 

Teen Wolf: 

Ten Years Later (Kira/Scott. Rated G. 600 words)

Scott asks for Kira’s help after ten years of her having left Beacon Hills.

everyone’s waiting for the next surprise (Kira/Scott. Rated G. 1011 words)

Nightmare Before Christmas AU, where Scott is a werewolf who bakes and doesn’t always love his job. Kira may help with that.

side-effects (Isaac/Malia. Rated G. 487 words)

Malia and Isaac sit quietly in the preserve and no one comments on it.

someone special (Derek/Scott. Rated G. 1391 words)

Scott uses cookies to confess his feelings. Derek is only a little slow on the uptake.

ass*u*me (Kira/Scott. Rated G. 555 words)

Scott is just trying to study, but some miscommunications happen. It will be fine, probably.

Softie (Kira/Scott. Rated G. 626 words.)

Coffeeshop AU. Braeden pretends not to be rooting for Scott and Kira to get together. 

The Invisible Girl and Nice Hands Boy (Allison/Stiles. Rated G. 1438 words)

A witch puts a spell on Allison so that people don’t notice her. She survives, mostly.

Anticipation’s on the Other Line (Allison/Lydia. Rated G. 1393 words)

Allison is abroad in France. Lydia misses her desperately, and skype sessions aren’t enough.

every day for 900 years (Allison/Kira. Rated G. 4680 words)

Allison asks Kira to be her fake girlfriend because some family “friends” are coming into town.

i’m thinkin’ arby’s (Derek/Kira/Scott. Rated G. 1110 words)

Kira and Scott accidentaly dent a car. Kira tries to figure out how to pay for it, but Scott isn’t too worried.

Who’s Flustered? (Kira/Scott. Rated G. 1066 words)

Scott finds a box of Kira’s old pageantry awards while they pack for college.

broken promises (Kira/Scott. Rated T. 1528 words)

Zombie apocalypse AU. Major death warning.

who needs an occasion to hold hands with you? (Allison/Lydia. Rated G. 722 words)

Lydia helps Allison get dressed for a costume party.

special features (Scott/Stiles. Rated G. 700 words)

Scott and Stiles have a pretty dramatic prank war that goes wrong. Because of course it does.

there, in her tower, she came face to face with fear (Kira-centric, Kira&Lydia, Kira/Scott. Rated G. 1706 words)

Missing scenes between Allison’s death and the end of the season. They all cope differently. 

Looking for Sunlight (Allison/Malia. Rated T. 4752 words)

Round Robin fic! Allison & Malia are in a band; on their tour, they fall in love.

take one (Scott-centric. Rated G. 100 words)

Scott’s yule log didn’t come out quite right...

light up the night (Kira/Scott. Rated G. 527 words)

Kira has a bad day. Scott makes it better.

Twilight:

oh, if I go (Angela/Bella. Rated G. 497 words)

Edward never came back, but Bella seems to be doing okay, with Angela by her side.

can you even imagine what this feels like to me (Bella/Leah. Rated T. 943 words)

Leah is supposed to be shifted in the woods, but instead, she’s standing on Bella Swan’s porch. Naked.

what a stupid lion. (Bella/Edythe. Rated G. 726 words)

Bella confronts Edythe at the hospital, and Edythe reacts...well, basically, she’s a gay disaster.

we shouldn’t be friends. (Bella/Edythe. Rated G. 806 words)

Sequel to what a stupid lion. Bella tries to find out what Edythe meant at the hospital.

where else could we go? (Bella/Edythe. Rated G. 992 words)

Sequel to we shouldn’t be friends. Edythe gives Bella her number...Alice likes what she sees of the future.

Power Rangers (2017):

little sour apple (Kimberly-centric; no ship. Rated G. 1006 words.)

Kimberly has been having nightmares of a horrific man. She relies on her friends to get through.

orange glow (Kimberly & Trini. Rated G. 227 words.)

Trini has a panic attack because of a storm. Luckily Kim is there to help. 

Pacific Rim: 

Monopoly Jail (Mako/Raleigh. Rated G. 371 words.)

No Kaiju AU. Raleigh meets Mako’s family for the first time and they play monopoly. 

Spider-Gwen: 

Believe (Glory/Gwen. Rated G. 418 words)

Gwen can’t stop staring at Glory’s tattoo, and it’s becoming a problem.

Scooby-Doo:

Jeepers, Velma! (Daphne/Velma. Rated G. 1083 words)

On a case, Daphne and Velma get caught under mistletoe.

Shadowhunters:

in every world (Isabelle/Maia. Rated T. 2848 words)

Six small AUs, in which Maia and Izzy love each other or are beginning to.

hold me up (Clary/Maia. Rated G. 1227 words)

Clary asks Maia out to go ice skating. She only stresses over it a little.

Crossovers:

two teaspoons of ginger (Teen Wolf & Twilight. Bella/Scott. Rated G. 678 words)

Bella Swanson was probably a vampire, but Scott, being a werewolf, figured that was probably okay.

love, potentially (Teen Wolf & Twilight. Bella/Scott. Rated G. 1191 words)

Alternate sequels to two teaspoons of ginger. Only one is written at this point but. maybe more soon lol

honorable mention: art!

Art for Free Condoms with Purchase by Dragon_Temeraire

Graphics for Moments So Dear by Guardian_of_Hope

Art for Something for His Something by Clotpolesonly

Art for Otherwise Occupied by ThatAloneOne

Stats!

36 total new works

32 new fics 4 new art posts

8 fandoms Most Written Fandom: Teen Wolf, with 21 works

22 individual pairings Most Written Pairing: Kira/Scott from Teen Wolf, with 8 works. 11 femslash pairings in 15 works 5 f/m pairings in 13 works 4 mslash pairings in 6 works 2 works with no pairing

[tiktaalic]

guillermo del toro saw fit to gift us pacific rim and the public went “bad and dumb” and the tumblr went “ooooo nerdy background white dudes” and THAT has singlehandedly disillusioned me with the world

[polytropic-liar]

Today I was thinking about Mako Mori--as you do, and if you don’t maybe start I promise it will greatly improve the quality of your life--and thinking about how, though fanart eventually sold me on the idea of Mako/Raleigh as a sexual and romantic relationship, I still love best the world in my head where they don’t have sex. I was thinking about why, and what about that distinction is important to me for this particular work, and eventually I came to understand that it starts with two things: one, the fact that Mako is so incredible and that Raleigh as a character acts out the audiences’ own joy and respect and awe about her everything; and two, the deep, deep conviction that Raleigh Beckett is asexual.

Those are the building blocks of it, for me. Because he loves her so much, he is so besotted and in awe of her everything forever. And what’s more, the way he looks at her doesn’t seem the slightest bit artificial, because wouldn’t we all if she was in our lives? This is not one of those times where Love Between Two Names And Color Schemes Occurs Because The Plot Says So, this is basically the opposite, where two people who we understand as people react to each other by realizing they’re pretty damn incredible individuals and fucking transformative together. 

And thanks to the wonder of the Drift, Mako would never doubt that. Not for a second. So the minute they connected there, she knew exactly how he felt about her. Which, with ace!Raleigh in mind, means she experiences both the stunning magnitude of what he does feel and the quiet clarity of what he doesn’t. And I think that’s probably a pretty amazing gift, really, because how could she possibly react badly or be hurt by it when she’s inside the experience herself? Whatever she might have thought if this guy who was sighing on her every breath had said to her verbally that he wasn’t attracted to her physically, she isn’t going to think that because she can feel how it feels instead. How the depth of his feeling for her isn’t diminished by the dimension that it happens not to have. How “not attracted” is nothing like a rejection, not of any part of her including her beauty.

And I think maybe after feeling that, Mako wouldn’t really have trouble fitting herself into that understanding of what they are to each other? I don’t know if it would be true for anyone, but I think it would be true for her because she’s such a protector, is so ready to identify and uplift what is precious about someone and keep it safe, especially if it is threatened or fragile. And I think she would do that wholeheartedly for Raleigh’s feelings, she would see them for what they are, precious and valuable and worth her dedication. Especially for the woman who grew up with Stacker Pentecost showing her how respect for the totality of your own and others’ worth is a vital part of love. So though I don’t think she would ever come to identify as ace herself, I think she would come pretty quickly to identifying as a person who is happy and fulfilled in an asexual relationship.

The way they connect is just so immediately and obviously with their minds and hearts and basic selves, who the fuck even cares if their genitals aren’t heavily involved? Like, they move in sync. They respect and care for each other so much after two days’ acquaintance that they are going to beat the face in of anyone who looks at them funny. They are so excited to be around each other and inside each others’ heads that they beam helpless sunshine smiles during the apocalypse. That joy, that connection, that intimacy, is more valuable to me when sex doesn’t factor in. 

And I just see them growing old together and beating each other with sticks and building robots and being in love and literally never feeling like something is missing.

[luffylaws]

#5 mako and raleigh (friendship pls)

Hold my hand

They had won the war.

Everybody always honored the heroes and the fallen afterward. But they never really talked about the actual loss. Thehours spent crying in the dark, the nightmares, the feeling of notbelonging in a world of peace.

The funerals. Missing the battles.

Mako Mori would rather have been in her Jaeger rightnow than on a military cemetery, watching her father’s casket beinglowered into the ground.

Everybody always said it rained during burials, buttoday the sun was shining, blinding Mako as she threw some dirt ontothe empty casket.

She stood there for a second, looking down at thepiece of wood that didn’t contain anything but air, before taking astep back and almost bumping into Raleigh. She looked up at him andgave him a shaky nod before moving aside so he could pay his lastrespects.

Mako seemed composed on the outside. Because shealways did. Because that was what she had been taught. She wasn’tactually composed at all and only barely hanging on to her facade.

Everybody always described funerals as somber. ToMako it was just a mess. She felt messy.

Her hands were shaking and the sleeves of her dresswere too short to cover them so she hid them behind her back,lowering her head to take a few deep breaths. But then, withsomething that was closer to embarrassed resignation than horror, shefinally gave up on trying to hold the tears back.

She didn’t see Raleigh approach her but she felt hispresence as he stood next to her.

Everybody always laughed after victories, but Makoalso knew of the tears.

Raleigh had been giving her the space she needed inthe last few days while still managing to be there and she honestlywasn’t sure how he had managed it. But she was grateful.

She tried to discretely wipe away the tears andRaleigh, still silently standing next to her, handed her a tissue.She thanked him in what was almost a hoarse whisper and cleaned hereyes, though they wouldn’t stay dry.

Mako almost automatically reached out with her freehand, holding on to Raleigh’s left. She couldn’t put her feelingsinto words, especially not here, but she didn’t have to.

Maybe in this mess that they called a new, savedworld she would have something steady to hold on to. Maybe Raleighwouldn’t leave.

[krusca]

omg omg mako reverting to japanese whenever she gets angry/frustrated/passionate in an argument and raleigh rolls right with it continues the convo in japanese until he says something hilariously wrong and mako can't help but laugh while raleigh sheepishly grins and is all like what mako what did i say wrong (also raleigh gently speaking to her in her native tongue whenever she gets that look on her face showing how much she misses her family both birth and adopted)  

[fatalst]

favorite media meme → 2/?? relationships: mako & raleigh

I never did have very good timing.

[punk-lucifer]

Mako and Raleigh

who initiates star wars marathons: Mako, because she's into sci-fi films. Raleigh just likes to lie on the sofa and cuddle Mako while watching

who saves the table at lunch: Raleigh, if they're eating at a table. They like to eat on the scaffolding next to Lady Danger so that they can see her heart and be near their Jaeger. 

what’s their lamest inside joke: "if you get my drift", omg any connection jokes, or that one from Frozen- "'We finish each others'/Sandwiches!''That's what I was gonna say!'" Because they are Jaeger pilots and all pilots are huge nerds about drifting. 

who drunk-calls and tells the other how amazing they are: RALEIGH. ALWAYS RALEIGH. NOT EVEN DRUNK RALEIGH. ALWAYS

who gives better presents: In sheer quantity Raleigh has Mako beat, but Mako gives well thought out presents. She loves everything Raleigh gives her though. 

[tiktaalic]

Sometimes. A fictional straight couple is like. Yeah this is exactly how a man and a woman in a relationship would act. And it’s GOOD. see: makoraleigh samwena tomshiv [redacted due to anime phase]. But sometimes. A fictional straight couple is good. Because they are quite literally both in homosexual love with each other. This is called. Briennejaime

[wordsinhaled]

ok but listen mako and raleigh going to get lil cute minimalist tattoos to represent each other and holding hands while they get inked and then helping each other with aftercare

[aceraleigh]

I finished it!! a quick drabble on how I imagined the Mako/Raleigh engagement going. Also Adam's christmas present, because he's the one who tolerates me crying about these two.

It had been a long day. It was the one-year anniversary that Friday, and they had spent the day in New York City doing a whole day of press conferences, tv interviews, and everything in between. This was the first time they had seen each other since that morning.

Mako had just gotten out of the shower, and had fallen face-first onto the bed without even bothering to take off her robe and change into her pajamas. Raleigh sat propped up against the headboard, absentmindedly rubbing her back with one hand as he held open a book with the other. The clock on the bedside table read 11:35.

Eventually Mako got up and put on her pajamas, and Raleigh closed his book and put it away as she crawled under the covers, curling up on her side while facing him. He turned onto his side and propped his head up on his hand and smiled at her. She smiled sleepily back at him as he twisted to turn off the bedside lamp. They lay in silence for a while, soaking up each other’s company. Mako’s breathing evened out a little, and, thinking she was asleep, Raleigh started to speak softly.

“I think I’d like to marry you one day. If you said yes, at least.” He flopped down on his back, keeping his eyes focused on the ceiling. He felt her shift beside him, and suddenly she was the one with her head propped up on her hand. She smiled that small smile that she always used when she was smiling at him.

“I say yes, of course.”

And then they were both laughing and hugging and, even though years later neither of them would admit it, there were some tears too.

They told Herc the next afternoon, on a skype video call. It was 8 am in Sydny, and he was sitting at the kitchen table in his small apartment, a cup of coffee clutched in his hand. Mako and Raleigh stuttered and spoke at the same time a couple of time in their excitement, but eventually Raleigh managed to tell him, perhaps a bit louder than was strictly necessary.

“We don’t have a ring yet, but I’m going to ask my mom if we can have hers. It’s been passed down the family for years, apparently,” Raleigh said, and Herc smiled, listening patiently as Raleigh continued to ramble, Mako occasionally adding something in.

Eventually, Raleigh had to go to get ready for some interview or another, leaving Mako and Herc alone. She heard the shower turn on in the bathroom, and she leaned forward.

“I have an idea and I would like you to help me,” she said, keeping her voice low. Herc took one last, long, sip of his coffee, and leaned forward as well.

The end of the week came around soon enough, and with it one final day chock-full of interviews and talk shows and even a parade in the morning. Raleigh was in an interview when there was a small commotion at the doors to the studio. Raleigh began to turn to see what was happening, but the host managed to get his attention back on them.

“And now, Mr. Becket, we have some guests who would like to ask you a question,” They waved their hand towards the back, where Mako and Herc had just walked in and were standing just off the stage where Raleigh and the talk show host was sitting. Mako stepped forward, just enough to be in the camera’s sights. Her hands were clasped in front of her and she smiled a smile that was purely for Raleigh.

“Anata wa watashi to kekkon suru nodarou ka?”