#max pacific rim

[ohmovie]

YOU WILL HOLD ME LIKE I'M HOPE.

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) dir. George Miller Pacific Rim (2013) dir. Guillermo del Toro

[avi17]

I feel like Pacific Rim, Mad Max: Fury Road, and Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves are kind of a perfect trifecta of action movies. They’re not necessarily Oscar material but they’re all great at being the kind of thing they are trying to be, they’re all entertaining but not afraid of being genuinely emotional, and they’re all generally not hampered by dumb sexist action movie nonsense because their main female characters have their own arcs, are not designed for the male gaze, and the main M/F relationships are platonic. More things like this please!!

[treasureplcnet]

Hey handsome. I'm gonna miss you.

[tjisntnice]

I am so funny

[chernobog13]

There's no doubt who Mako's favorite guy is in Pacific Rim (2013).

[lsunstreakerl]

1.4k follow up to the pacific rim thing. daniel POV... with a surprise guest feature in the middle. and the end

"Please confirm: this procedure will suppress any and all memories you have of Max Emilian Verstappen, former copilot of jaeger HB-333. Is this the correct individual?"

"Yes."

"You will no longer consciously remember this individual. You will no longer consciously recognize this individual. This procedure does not eliminate subconscious memories or habits. It is important to avoid this individual or mentions of this individual moving forward. This procedure cannot be repeated. This procedure is irreversible. Prolonged exposure to this individual post-procedure will result in a potentially harmful rapid reconstruction of your memories. Do you wish to proceed?"

"Yes."

"Please type your full name, birthday, and military identification code, with your fingerprint ID. Your pre-operative instructions will print shortly following identity confirmation. This is your last opportunity to cancel this procedure. Do you wish to proceed?"

"Yes."

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He's alone in the drift. There's the landscape of someone else, endless corridors and half thought through structures.

There's no Max.

It's unnerving to be alone in a space designed for two. Daniel doesn't remember what Max's drift is supposed to look like.

Something is watching him, invisible eyes itching between his shoulders, flickers at the edge of his vision.

He doesn't think it's this.

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There's an alarm blaring.

Daniel has enviro-gel in his mouth when they pull him out of the tank, a raging headache at the base of his skull.

None of the other pilots are present.

He's spitting gel into the trash can, watching the boots run in— they're not pilots. They're still military.

Max's vitals have dipped again. The boots don't care about Daniel, hitting buttons on the side of the tank.

The enviro-gel swirls out the vacuum drain that opens. They're pulling Max out, fully suited.

Daniel's head hurts.

The alarm rings in his ears, flashing strobes pulsing in sync with the throb at the base of his skull.

He asks the medic next to him what's happening.

She tells him they're taking Max to the jaeger. That he still pilots, if they drop him in next to a kaiju. That there's an outbreak.

Daniel's head hurts.

They'd pulled him out early.

Three shots. Wasted, all of them. Max still isn't awake.

They're going to put Max in 01 anyways.

The pounding in his head is worse. It's migrating behind his eyes, pulling at his chest. Screaming at him to follow. That Max is in danger.

Daniel doesn't care.

He doesn't care.

He can't care—

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"Ah, hello 01. I wanted to name you, that is what Danny and I did with Honey. He's not here yet— it is just you and me right now. But I'm sure that's temporary, so I will tell you about him anyways.

He is my drift partner. He's Australian, and he laughs very loudly, and he loves very fiercely, and he wants to protect people just as much as I do, so I am going to make a good driftscape, so he doesn't have to work as hard when he gets here.

Some people think it's dumb to talk to their jaegers, 01, but I like it."

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"Sorry, 01. I am sure it has been a lot, trying Alex and Pierre, but Daniel is still on recovery leave. It is only temporary, yes? They are supposed to bring in someone else soon to try and drift with me, so it hurts less.

They are saying there is a drift network edit they want to try as well— something that lets me take over most things. That way we won't need as high of a drift compatibility to pilot you."

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"Fuck, 01— I am— the drift is—"

------

"Good news, 01! I can solo pilot until Daniel gets back. Checo is okay for helping me after we get back, but it will just be you and me for now.

It is better this way."

------

"..."

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"Hi, 01. It is just you and me. For good. Daniel is not coming back, and I am not allowed to talk to him about it, and—

You and I are doing just fine."

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"This is jaeger pilot MEV, jaeger code 01, requesting emergency assistance. I repeat, this is jaeger pilot MEV, jaeger code 01, requesting emergency assistance..."

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"Hello, 01! You are looking very lovely today, much better than when they dragged us back. I think. I have only seen the pictures. I was thinking about putting a sticker somewhere, but I have not been able to decide what I want.

Charles said it was stupid, overclocking like that, but I think people are making it a bigger deal than it is.

I could have sworn I heard Daniel right at the end. I know I spend lots of time now saying shitty things about him, but really— he's not so bad. Everyone says he's not coming back, but I am not so sure. I bet he could be convinced, if someone could tell me where to find him."

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"Yes, yes, I'm overclocking it, I am well aware, stop yelling at me. They should change those parameters, 01. They are designed for pilot pairs. If Daniel were here we would not be overclocked at all, I will tell you that much."

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"This is pilot MEV, dropping in jaeger 01 for emergency assistance. Please use damaged units to assist in scene evacuation...

...and don't worry. I've got this."

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"You and me, 01. Full send."

------

Daniel winces with each flash of the alarm strobes. He's behind the boots, watching Max's helmeted head roll limply where they're carrying him down the back hallways.

It's maintenance access to the jaeger docks. The hallways are used to get injured pilots out. They're not supposed to be used to put injured pilots in.

He splits away from the group at the lockers.

He and Esteban are around the same size, and the Frenchman always keeps a backup suit in the locker room.

Daniel hasn't been in a jaeger in three years. He's failed Max three times.

Four, counting the memory service.

His head is pounding, stabbing behind his eyes as he pulls gloves on, clasping the suit into place.

He hears the familiar warning siren of a jaeger being moved. He has six minutes to get into the pilots seat.

HB-333 is retired.

01 isn't.

It's designed now for a single pilot— but that doesn't make it incapable of having two.

Daniel doesn't remember, and Max isn't awake. He's not a praying man, not since he was little. He doesn't believe in miracles either, which leaves him out of options on optimism.

They used to be good.

Maybe they're both broken enough to fit together again.

------

There's a commander in front of him with ribbons across his chest. He's probably important, but Daniel doesn't remember him.

He's trying to tell him something, something about Max, and the drift.

Telling him that they aren't sure how much of Max is left.

How much of him is lost to the drift.

Daniel can hear what they're not saying— if Max doesn't wake up, he might be piloting 01 by himself.

He doesn't care.

------

"This is Daniel Ricciardo, pilot code DJR, initializing drift sequence protocols, emergency pilot for jaeger 01."

"Loud and clear, pilot. And Dan— it's nice to hear from you again, from all of us at HQ."

"Copy that, boys."

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01 is beautiful. Daniel's head is pounding too much to appreciate it, finding his spot at the center console.

Max is limp next to him. There's a weak drift reading under his virtual name card, showing a connection to 01 just under 12%.

Daniel swallows down the bitter taste of disappointment, the lingering pressure of failure riding high on his shoulders. Max has not magically woken up.

Daniel is alone.

------

01 feels alive. Daniel takes a moment, prepared to be overwhelmed, but the crushing pressure from Max's memories never comes.

The weight of 01 feels cushioned around him, carefully ensuring that Daniel doesn't drown under the responsibility.

He sinks into the drift, flexing his fingers and feeling 01 move with him. It's smoother than HB-333 ever was, perfectly in tune with his movements.

The drift curls around his brain, reminds him of a cat slinking around his ankles. It's gentle and warm, coating his thoughts and his movements.

He feels stronger than ever— like he and 01 are a team. He's never been in a jaeger like this.

He takes a step. 01 moves with him.

Daniel had never talked to Honey. The jaegers are ultimately machines, incapable of anything beyond what the pilots ask of them.

This time, though.

"Hello, 01."

He feels lighter than he has in years. Confident. The drift curls tighter around him, friendly and content.

I missed you, Daniel.

[trashy-greyjoy]

the sexiest thing a ship can be is drift compatible

[mnaog]

Saw someone do this trend with their bulldog and it reminded me of Max. he’s the reason Chuck became my favorite because “he’s rude to everyone except his dog” was funny to me.

In my mind, the PPDC pr team probably forced Chuck to post something and he only agreed if it could be about Max.

[sleepyheadserialkiller]

𐙚𓏲⋆ ִֶָ ๋𓂃 ⋆ᡣ𐭩

2 0 1 3

[socialpoison]

They're drift compatible. I need the pacific rim AU yesterday.

[brodinsons]

“The world is coming to an end. So where would you rather die? Here? Or in a Jaeger?!”

📸: @/twoeightphotography on IG Stacker: @/ugoandcosplay on IG Mako: @/pinoodles on IG

[taintedmind6669]

[oranjeleeuw]

hows the pacific rim au going ???? its such a neat idea and i need ppl to draw concept art for it

DO I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU MY FRIEND

First of all, life happened and happened for good, I couldn't write much before but Now. NOW is the time.

I planned and plotted a lot during the whole year I first came up with the idea and I have a kind of strong base for the AU. I also have a brilliant beta by my side, my dear friend Frog (@faramircaptainofgender), so hopefully during this summer this idea will be shared with you all outside our little friend group.

I'll take this opportunity and shamelessly turn my answer into a main post for the AU.

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the title:

Human within the Machine

[brief synopsis]

The Nations of the world developed a simulation where future Jaeger pilots can practice for in-action cases. Max Verstappen outshines every other contestants in the history of drifting, there's only one problem - he's no team player.

Charles Leclerc is determined to stop the Kaijus and end their reign, once and for all. He lost his parents due to kaiju attacks, now he feels responsible not only to avenge their deaths, but to bring a brighter future to his brothers.

Jaeger engineering is living its golden age, there is money in it and many enthusiastic contestants who are not entirely aware of the horror that awaits them out at the ocean.

[disclaimer]

There’s no main plot (as in: I am not planning on detailed world-building neither to save the world from kaijus, I am smaller than that), the endgame is to get Max into an active combat where he drifts with Charles and they’re in the Il Predestinato (the legendary Jaeger that has been out of service for a decade, waiting for the right co-pilots). Everything before and in between are just themes I desire to explore within the possibilities of this AU.

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I have a playlist that helps me to stay inspired, songs are not in order yet though, but as I said earlier, chapters are meant to be kind-of standalone scenes, existing in their own moods and settings.

Each chapter will have its own chosen background music linked to them. I also added many symphonic songs just to get in the mood for some combat scenes.

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[good to know]

Roles: In the case of HwtM we have active and passive characters in this story. Due to the fact that many scenes are set in drift-memories, where not everything is factual and we are in the mix of memories and feelings, some characters will only appear and speak through these moments. Therefore they fall into the passive category - they are the legends. I will talk about them in their own post but the gist of it is what I wrote above, they cannot speak for themselves so we will only see them through tilted lenses: idolised, villanised, or the mix of both.

Which also means another thing - everyone is an unreliable narrator.

Teams and Jaegers: Since this is the golden age of Jaeger engineering, we will have many-many Jaegers. So far I named only a few, but to stay true to the source material, I'm trying to make them just as cheesy yet compelling as the ones were in the movies. The constructor teams from real life are not so different from what they represent in HwtM, but I altered some of their names to fit more into the world (older names or older sounding names of some teams since the future that Pacific Rim has is basically our present. I was aiming for some retro-vibe).

Here, they are different detachments under the Pan Pacific Defense Corps, in the Jaeger Academy division. I’m planning on working with Merc, Ferrari, McLaren, Williams and of course Redbull.

Mercedes is called Benz

Ferrari is called Alfa Romeo

Red Bull is Toro Rosso

The other two stay under the same name.

Ships to look out for: it is a Lestappen-centered story (if I am really honest with you, it’s Max-centered first of all) but on the side-lines we will look into some depths of Carlando, Galex and Maxiel in…some way. Please-please keep in mind, that these won’t be fully developed romantic relationships in the fic, I’m reporting from the minds and souls of these boys, objectively perceived scenes between them will be rare and much more comrade-like.

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That is all I planned to share for starters. Feel free to ask about the process or anything really, that is related to this project, it’s my beloved child and can’t wait to share it all with others!

[theinternetisaweboflies]

[lsunstreakerl]

the pacific rim au... crumpled on the floor on my knees

what do you call it when you've been waiting for your other half for so long that even when your mind is splintered apart you still find him. when you know each other so well even having your memories removed doesn't erase the loyalty etched into your bones.

[henrytanael19]

Propatulus Aurora AU

In which Earth, the entire solar sytem and other planets is alive, a universe where the impossible is only an illusion, where monsters and gods are sometimes both and can be killed, living amongst their mortal kin, where the concept of Death is different for every planet or galaxy, but the solar system has a concept of death joined with the void, as inevitable as it is kind, the primordial darkness rejoicing of the life that dots it. And in which Humans are just vibing after being properly introduced to the Wider Galaxy Community, turning enemies into friends and the like. Also, Earth takes no shit from alien invaders and boots them out the moment they try to enter her atmosphere.

Except for the good ones, they can stay.

In this Au, Planets were vaguely sorted into three categories: Destroyer, Creator, and Protector. The likes of Primus, Eukaris, Devisiun, Petropia and numerous others were known as Creator-planets, due to being able to seed life from their own bodies. Whereas Unicron, Pyros, Appoplexia and the like were known as the Destroyer-planets, being known to destroy dead planets to make way for the new cycle. As the name suggested, Protector-planets were primarily concerned with the defense of their home system, protecting it both from Destroyers seeking to devour a still living planet and Creators from seeding other planets with parasites, but also has the fewest planets of the three, with Earth being counted among it alongside her siblings in the Solar System in the Milky Way. Arburia also counted as a Protector before it's destruction.

But for those lacking a Protector-planet to defend them, a Guardian and a Titan was the next best thing individual planets can have. Consisting of a planet's strongest children, they can be considered as gods in the view of others. E.g. Godzilla and Mothra of Earth are a textbook example of a Titan and Guardian pairing, despite the fact that Earth was a Protector-planet. Earth is their version of a cryptid to her fellow planets, appearing in other galaxies with no warnings.

Where humans have powers that is derived from their souls, some able to turn it tangible as their weapon of choice like a sword, or manifesting an entire armour made up of their soul or even performing them like the four elements. Due to this close connection with their own lifeforce they live somewhere in between the living and the spiritual world, otherwise called as the umbral, or fourth dimension. The denizens of the Umbral World consist of mythological or extinct creatures and primarily steeped in magic, invisible to the naked eye. And in honor of their mother-planet, they dedicated themselves to taking care of creatures trying to cause trouble in the mortal realm, whether by rehabilitation or execution, the primary group known for this is called the Titanslayers, led by June Darby and Cade Yeager.

All of this is done quietly in the shadows, considering almost none in the Wider Galaxy Community is aware of the Umbral Dimension. The Anur system are one of the few to also be able to interact with the Umbral Dimension, as well as the Null Dimension and Legerdomain by virtue of being attached to it.

Earth is steeped in magic, so humans have been able to mostly connect it seamlessly with technology and even science (E.g. Ben Tennyson being a World Shifter as well as a biologist in this AU). The primary examples are the Jaegers, metal machines operated by human pilots and the love child of science, technology and magic.

The Earth-Titans are also denizens of the Umbral Dimensions, so they are a visible example of creatures originating in the Umbral Dimension living in the Mortal Realm.

Also, Earth is as ancient as the other planets, consisting of those ages in trillions, but because she only settled into a planet after most planets already turned inactive in the case of the Creator-planets, the Galaxy widely believed she was only 4 billion years old, having only counted the years she was a planet rather than the active creature she was back then, having been the third to settle as a planet in their solar system.

Also, Earth's biodiversity came from the planets and creatures she has killed and eaten, once having been described as containing a black hole for a stomach, and with those biodiversity inherited by humans was born their nearly limitless ability to procreate with any sentient creature in the Galaxy. As long as they have the equivalent of a soul, they can carry a child of that alien species, double the effectiveness if they were just using their soul, as having just used it means their lifeforce is still closer to the surface of their physical body and made flexible enough to make procreation between two different species possible. (E.g. The Plumbers Kids/Amalgam Kids, Max McGrath, Kevin Levin, Others)

Hybrid children still aren't that common though, due to having to feed fragment bits of their own soul to sustain a half foreign onr. It can even prove taxing enough to require a third party stepping in just so both parent and offspring doesn't die.

Ancient creatures lurk in the background of the universe, taking the form of Suns, Black Holes and the like. Helios, the Sun of the Solar System, is one such example.

And as a bonus, this AU is primarily crack with eldritch horror, heartfelt feelings and interspecies romance mixed in.

In other words, welcome to the crackfest that is Propatulus Aurora, and enjoy your stay!

(PS. I'll be taking stuff from each canon and mashing them together to fit my perceptions and suits my purposes, and ignoring anything else that doesn't.)