#my little gay pilots

[indybob]

Years after Jake and Bradley are married and promoted beyond flying, Jake’s eyesight starts slowly worsening. Naturally, he denies it, lying to Bradley and saying he can see just fine. No, he wasn’t squinting to read that sign, the sun was in his eyes, that’s all.

Bradley, knowing his husband inside and out, knows he’s lying, so he simply shakes his head fondly at Jake’s antics. However, he makes a mental note to schedule and appointment at the eye doctor.

Getting his husband to go to the appointment is like pulling teeth, but once he does, it’s official. Jake needs glasses.

He spends over an hour trying on different styles, hating all of them. Bradley loves almost every pair, thinking each one makes Jake look cuter and cuter. He watches as Jake moves between pairs, fussing over which one he wants to get. Jake doesn’t even like the ones he ends up choosing, but they were the best option he could find.

Bradley loves the pair that he picked. They’re simple, black frames with larger, rectangular lenses that highlight Jake’s cheekbones. He didn’t think Jake could get any cuter, but the pouty face he has plastered on along with the glasses make Bradley’s heart flutter like it did years ago when he was crushing on him.

When Jake looks the cutest, though is in the evenings. Whether it’s reading, watching TV, getting work done on his laptop, or just cuddling on the couch he looks absolutely adorable. It has Bradley falling in love with Jake all over again.

So, yeah, Jake hates his glasses, but the extra attention he gets from his husband just might make it all worthwhile.

[averagedaydreamer]

My girlfriend: I have to ice my ass

Me: make like maverick and put some ice on that ass

[averagedaydreamer]

No but the first time I watched this scene that was my exact thought!

Rooster can go on and on about Hangman leaving people hanging, but Bradley is the one that left Jakes heart hanging. This was Jake calling him out for leading him on, this was Jake hurting and trying to heal. And Bradley isn’t replied with the comment about an early grave and it just pisses Jake off bc how is Bradley so stupid that he is missing the whole point!

So then later when they get into their fight because Jake brings up Bradleys dad, which he knows is a low blow but damn it he’s hurting and he still loves Bradley and he’ll be damned if he’s going to let Bradley die on this mission. And so he goes low, even though he knows doing that may be the end of him and Bradley, he hits where it hurts bc he needs Bradley to survive this. Jake is hurt but more importantly he is terrified for Bradley.

I kept thinking of Hangman's line here. And all I can think of is that Hangman liked Rooster, right, and Rooster liked him back but he was not ready to commit to a relationship fully. Hangman felt led on, Rooster never put a name on what they had, never let himself be truly with Hangman, maybe procrastinating making the relationship official until he was ready. And Jake just kept going and trying until he ran out of fuel. Waiting for the right moment when Rooster would be ready. That never came.

[katewritesss]

FRESH OUT THE SLAMMER IS ABOUT ICEMAV!

I REPEAT:

FRESH OUT THE SLAMMER IS ABOUT ICEMAV!

"Now, pretty baby, I'm runnin' back home to you. Fresh out the slammer, I know who my first call will be to."

HELLO?

That is literally Maverick going back home to Ice after he and Charlie finally break up.

[atlas-cian]

Damn Blurryface got hands¡¡¡

Some silly sketches I made for this thing :)

(this was posted two times because my internet is very not great and stuff like that happens sometimes (this second version is better though))

[luck-of-the-drawings]

been followin slimes POV of the qsmp since it started but mMY GOOOODDDDD i never expected to fall so in love with it... I LOVE THE TRADGEDY OF A COMEDIC CHARACTER! so funny so silly, who could ever take him seriously? when the reaction to grief can be so overblown and strange, its hard not to laugh! because wheres the line, really? we're just here to have fun! i look forward to the day this guy snaps! its gonna be REALLY FUNNY i tell ya hwat!!!

(CREDIT TO A COMIC I REFERENCED UNDER THE CUT)

something about this comic makes me so so emotional, and its so well framed. to discover something by the end of a comic, to follow the same line of thought as a character within a drawing, to either come to the same conclusion, or the dramatic irony of figuring it out first. it was made by the talented Lynda Barry, and she has a wonderful shop here https://drawnandquarterly.com/books/greatest-marlys/

[averagedaydreamer]

I will never stop saying it, Hangman is just a mask Jake uses to protect himself. I personally like to think it has to do with his upbringing and that his dad saw any sign of emotion as weakness.

And so he joins the Navy and puts on the mask but Bradley sees right through it bc he’s been doing the same thing. So maybe Jake let’s the mask fall a little but then the break up happens and he feels so stupid for letting people see his emotions, cue the “maybe my dad was right” spiral and Coyote trying to pick up the pieces. And Phoenix was there so she saw the real Jake and she’s the one who yells at Bradley post break up bc he’s such an idiot and Jake didn’t deserve that.

And when they meet again Jake has dug even deeper into the Hangman persona bc of everything he’s been through (the break up, a confirmed kill, maybe his dad suffering a heart attack, etc) Phoenix is annoyed but she also gets it so she lets him pick and tease and she gives it right back. But Bradley knows Jake and he can’t stand the persona so he pushes and with each push Jake digs deeper and deeper into Hangman.

Technically, I think the call sign came from something ridiculous, i.e. Jake's dyslexic ass, but if we scrap that for a minute, I kinda wonder whether it could have started as the opposite of what Phoenix says.

I mean, it's 'hang you out to dry' now, but what if it started as 'hanging onto you for dear life'? What if Jake started as someone too loyal and too focused on his teammates and who wouldn't give up on you no matter how hopeless the situation became? And then something happened and he did a one-eight turn?

Regardless of whether you think the 'something' was Rooster-related (break-up or just bad assignment together, etc.) or something happened in the field, that would make so much sense to me. I just think that interactions with Hangman throughout the movie hold so much fondness/indulgence, and we know from Rooster's interactions with Mav that he doesn't mind going straight for the throat/to the point of his anger but somehow he keeps on entertaining Hangman's chitchats and Phoenix seems almost amused by his bullshit, like she knows him well enough to know it's just bullshit, and I doubt they'd have kept on spending time with Jake (in the past) if he was just a dumb asshole

[ghost-oftheriver]

so about that neurodivergent clown show

still frame

[maulfucker]

Star Wars oc time 5!! The skeleton appears 💀

Dji Bellutani - Jedi + Pilot (it/he)

~1,70 m (5'7")

Very good with numbers + logic

Actually enjoys biology more than maths

Speaks binary

Very good pilot

Seems impulsively aggressive in combat but is actually just really fast at guessing the odds

Can and will use obscure biology facts to flirt

Very good with numbers + logic

Actually enjoys biology more than maths

Speaks binary

Very good pilot

Seems impulsively aggressive in combat but is actually just really fast at guessing the odds

Can and will use obscure biology facts to flirt

No one wants to play holochess with it :/ (he never loses)

[jigsaw1974]

Do you ever get so excited over something you have to physically stop and be like "wow..... I'm really autistic"

[averagedaydreamer]

Friendly reminder that Bob went through the same training everyone else did and while his character is played off as weak he is most definitely not. Personal hc is that Bob is crazy strong and can easily lift any of his teammates and could throw them if he wanted to

Friendly reminder that Bob did 200 push-ups too

[ladyelixa]

I LOVE WOMEN!!!

Min-Ji my beloved...

[averagedaydreamer]

I apologize for the person I’m about to become but I finally convinced my girlfriend to watch topgun so I’m hopping back on that fixation

[walmartpercyjackson]

Ao3 being attacked by DDoS was not on my bingo card for the year

[tommiroccia]

He's a pilot. He's hot. He's a hot pilot. He's gay. He was in the army during dadt. He has a bad relationship with his father. He has a bunch of hobbies. He's lonely. He wants a family. He's my special little guy.

[hiracaeth]

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