#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.

[tiredmagicalwarrior]

Pppidwbamg fandom!!! Gather around! I need to ask an EXTREMELY important question.

Let's be real: Aika and Zira make for the cutest couple. They admire one another, they've barely met and already have thrown themselves into danger to protect one another, they have THE GAYEST ending song know to humankind.

Thus, begs the question:

What's their ship name? I'm happy to browse the PPPIDWBAMG tag but it'd be cool to give our girls a ship name, I think :3 but I'm rather stuck in what to call em?

AiZira? ZirAika? MagicalLoser? I'd love to hear some suggestions!

[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.

[cautiouslyyyoptimistic]

Still think about Mo Xuanyu from time to time. Like what the fuck. What a nothing burger. You learn little rumors here and there about him. That he's gay, mentally ill, harassed fellow disciples, had incestuous feelings for his brother, and was kicked out of his community because of it, ect.

And you think "wow, this novel about how bad rumors and mob mentality is is so interesting! Everyone has a different truer side to them that is hidden by public perception! Can't wait to learn the twist about the mentally ill incest pervert gay man who's body the protag is occupying! I bet it's a classic case of the guy being found out or thought of as gay, and then gross rumors like incest that caused him to be kicked out of his community was added on later. because historically queer people were oppressed and ostracized because they were seen as obscene, incestuous, pedophile perverts, ect by homophobes. Wait, what's that? We learn jack shit about him? All the rumors are never confirmed or denied 100 percent? Most likely everything we know about him is true? No canon typical empathy flashbacks? He's just... Not a character we need to think about?"

It makes me insane. Welcome to mdzs, we have gay people like wangxian and uhhhh *looks at smudged hand* More Xanax.

[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

[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))

[ghost-oftheriver]

so about that neurodivergent clown show

still frame

[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

[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"

[ladyelixa]

I LOVE WOMEN!!!

Min-Ji my beloved...

[walmartpercyjackson]

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

[needforspeed161]

Some things I learned reading the original 1986 Top Gun script (because it was part of my English class and I read that shit like a fanfic at 3am giggling and kicking my feet that it was actually contributing to my career now lmaoooo)

-Pete “Maverick” Mitchell was originally called Evan “Maverick” Mitchell

-Slider was the original one in the O club to have the snarky conversation with Goose and Maverick

-Goose lost a drinking game.

-Goose was making gay jokes with an A7 pilot buddy of his that was unnamed.

-Maverick and Goose both rode to NAS Miramar on the back of Mavericks bike and got pulled over by a CHP on the way there and it was very awkward, Maverick was being a little shit to the cop the entire time (YOU GO BABY)

-Iceman saw him get pulled over and that was his first impression of him.

-At the very end they wrote out an entire scene of just Maverick pushing through the crowd of the flight crew to get to Ice so they could stare intensely at eachother in silence before giggling at eachother.

-VAL KILMER WAS NOT KIDDING WHEN HE SAID THERE WASNT MUCH TO ICEMAN ON PAPER SO HE MADE HIM HIMSELF.

-without Val there would have been no volleyball scene, tooth snapping flirting, goose apology, O club interaction (to the degree they had one, they did talk but it was very briefly), or shirtless locker room scene.

-Hollywood and Wolfman are way gayer in the movie, Wolf flirts with girls 24/7 in the script but in the film he’s attatched to Hollywood at the HIP (we love that for them)

-Goose is constantly being flirted with by random women and has to always bring them back to Maverick to convince them he’s ACTUALLY married. (AND MAVERICKS FUCKING RESPONSE WAS “he’s married but he’s not dead’ LIKE PETE HONEY WHAT??)

-Val made Iceman so gay. I’m putting this one in here twice because it’s worthy.

-THEY DIDNT EVEN HAVE THE SCENE WITH CAROLE IN THE BBQ PLACE IN THE SCRIPT LIKE HONEY WHAT!! THATS MRS GOOSE WERE TALKING ABOUT HERE!! SHAME!

-Goose and Mavs interactions in the script were so funny like why’d they cut so many of themmmm.

-Sundowns callsign was changed to Fungus because of a joke and it stuck.

THATS ALL FOR NOW!!

[wallcreeper-and-oro]

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⋆𖦹 Oh im so glad to hear that!! it fills my heart with warmth to see the three of you happy!! :D

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⋆𖦹 hi there!! this is Coryander (callsign Ouroboros) of Dido's Divers, uh we haven't met but i've been trying to explore the omni-net a bit and found yall!!

and i just wanted to say congrats to you and lemon and prism! i'm sorry that you've all had to go through to get here but it's made me really happy seeing you three getting a bit of respite with each other!!

so congrats from me! and stay safe!!

This is Ouroboros signing off!

- :) -Prism

Thank you, Ashlyn is very good kissed. Learns fast.

Oh, hello! Thank you for the congratulations! Us three are pretty happy so far! It’s nice to see people are happy for us!

//Torchbearer