#pacific rim spoilers

[californiannostalgia]

Things I noticed on my Pacific Rim rewatch:

1. Raleigh had his left arm ripped off while he was piloting the left hemisphere, then had his right arm and leg shredded while he was piloting the right hemisphere. Holy fuck he has been through it. His resilience and battle focus is enough to be recognized by Pentecost, whose solo Tokyo battle was three hours long.

2. Implied that Hercules Hansen was one of the OGs, like Cherno Alpha. Wonder what happened to his copilot before he began drifting with his son. Wonder what happened to the Jaeger he piloted before Striker Eureka.

3. Pentecost says he carries nothing into the drift, but that just means he knows how to match with anyone, right? Wonder what that final drift was like in Chuck Hansen's head.

4. Tendo Choi is in command of the bridge when neither Pentecost nor Herc Hansen is present. I forgot that he reverts to Cantonese in stress situations, love these details.

5. I enjoy the bilinguals of this film. Also really interesting choice to focus on the western rim of the Pacific Ocean: Australians, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, and a badass Marshal who strikes deals with the black market and literally anyone else who will fund the Jaeger program. We get to have industrial apocalypse, alien thriller, and cyberpunk in one film. (Side question: are the Americas' coastlines devastated?)

6. Mako's expressions are so. Agh. Her face shows what she's feeling with unshielded honesty (she feels so much, like Raleigh) but she carries herself like Pentecost: deliberate, controlled. Very much his student (daughter).

7. Newt and Hermann are obsessed with their scientific theories being right, even if it means the possible doom of humankind. Iconic Academics. Also they must be important enough to have helicopters on call, since they run out of one to get to the bridge in time for the final fight.

8. Final goodbyes between Stacker Pentecost and Mako Mori.

9. Mako and Raleigh are two of many orphans who had no intention of surviving the war that took their families. Raleigh's last sacrifice was simultaneously the most selfless and selfish thing to do. Good for him to have survived, Mako would've found it hard to forgive him.

10. "Stop the clock."

[lemonlinelights]

Ten Years to THE pairings <3

Drift Compatible💕

[swivel-seat]

If there's one thing Pacific Rim gave us, it's the concept of ripping someone's other half away.

It's been a while since I've seen it, so I may be misremembering some parts, but what I remember is- The movie starts with two brothers who pilot a giant monster-killing mech together, because it's too much of a strain on just one person. It's kind of a a left brain right brain thing. While duking it out with a monster, the mech fails and one of the brothers is killed while still attached to the mech, and bi extension his brother. Lots of trauma and emotions happens, and it's a big plot point in the movie.

I love the concept of "we're attached, we're two halves of something bigger, and- now it's just one..."

There's so much a writer could do with it!! Anyway, I'm clearly having writing thoughts XD Its fun.

[misscrazyfangirl321]

Platonic Topher and Adelle + "We need to talk about your life choices"

(Here, have some Pacific Rim AU!)

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"We need to talk about your life choices," she tells him, proud when her voice doesn't shake. The metal of the gun is cold in her hand, the weight of it more than its sum, but it does the trick: He puts his hands in the air, pausing his calculations.

"Okay. Sure thing, boss. Talk away." But any facade of fondness has fallen away (not needed, not anymore); the smirk he gives her is cold, his eyes empty. So different from the warm, lovely smiles he used to offer on even the darkest of days.

Her beautiful, beautiful boy. What have they done to him? "Topher, I know you're in there."

He rolls his eyes. "Look, we've been over this already: he can't fight me. None of you can. He's-"

"-not strong enough. Yes, you've mentioned." It feels like a betrayal to even say, but she will not fight that war when a far greater one is raging around them. "But he can still hear me, can he not? There are a few things I've like to say to him. Two, really."

Apparently satisfied that she isn't going to shoot him, he lowers his hands, turning back to his computer. "I mean, go for it. Not sure why he'd listen to you after you did this to him, but-"

"I didn't!" She protests before she can stop herself, but then forces herself to inhale. Focus; this isn't about them. "Very well. First of all, I want you to know that I forgive you. The things you're doing aren't your fault; they're forcing your hand."

Topher-or rather, the thing now using him-scoffs, continuing to push the buttons to usher in the apocalypse. "Wow, that is just... Super touching. Might even shed a tear about it when he kills you."

The image of that-of poor Topher having to live with that-is too dreadful to even contemplate, and she pushes it firmly aside. "And the second thing is that I love you. I always have, as dearly as if you were my own child."

He's too caught up in his laughter, in his mockery of pathetic human emotions, to catch the shift in her tone. She steps forward, gun long replaced by a thin syringe, and plunges it into the side of his neck.

As he collapses, she catches him, cradling him close as they both sink to the ground. Pressing her forehead to his, she murmurs, "And I promise you, I will find a way to save you. But I can't let them destroy us all."

[necarion]

I know a lot of folks are really invested in the romantic subtext and relationship between Gideon and Harrow. And I have to say I’m glad that it hasn’t necessarily been going there.  There’s something kind of refreshing about a story with two characters who are definitively lesbian (and at least one definitively sexually lesbian) growing to love and trust each without it being a romance.

Related to my appreciation of the end of Pacific Rim where the two characters, who have amazing chemistry, go in for what could be a kiss, and then don’t. There are lots of romance stories, and very few non-romantic “bromances” (for lack of a better word).

[sintiendoelastre]

I think they're neat

Bonus points if one of them gets possessed

[themilanobitch]

favourite ship dynamic: pair of scientists (one of which is a cane user) single handedly saving the world with the sheer power of their love for each other

[fisherrprince]

having visions

[moonlitkilljoy]

OKAY SO I SLEPT AND NOW IT'S THE NEXT DAY AND I THINK I CAN FINALLY ARTICULATE MY THOUGHTS ON THIS EFFECTIVELY. OP YOU'RE SO ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT THIS.

There's a very casual, yet emotionally and tangibly important, intimacy woven into their every interaction; i have a lot of little examples of this so bear with me.

You have the extended version of the elevator scene where newt argues with raleigh and then ushers hermann back into the elevator, where the physical touch accompanying the action was entirely unnecessary. You have the scene where newts explaining his theory about the kaiju and is about to segue into the possibility of drifting with one, in which hermann prefaces it with "and this is the point where he goes completely crazy." Which, to me, shows that they've had this conversation tens of times, maybe even hundreds. Though, he's still willing to let him have his go and present it; he probably could've just talked over him or talked pentecost out of even hearing newt out for the sake of listening to only his theory. But he doesnt. I've talked about this before in regards to The Venture Bros. and pete and billy, but it's the unvoiced assurance that these are two characters who spend all their time together and know eachother deeply and completely that really gets to me. You could probably argue that the scene where newts dictating notes and gives the unscientific aside directed towards hermann adds to this— they've argued about this exact scenario COUNTLESS times before. Because, ultimately, they care about eachother. Additionally, you have the scene where hermann finds newt after he's drifted with the kaiju for the first time and his first instinct isn't to call out for help or get someone else to do something, no, he practically drops his fucking cane in his haste to get to newt (AND KNEELS BESIDE HIM. WHICH I DO NOT WANT TO DIMINISH THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RE: HIS BAD LEG) and reaches out towards him (first his leg, the part of newt thats easiest to reach at his current moment, then his face— which he reached out to BEFORE he even gets the drifting mechanism off of newt). Not to mention the extended version of the scene where they just. desperately cling to eachother for a moment. i could probably keep dissecting every single little interaction like this, but that'd make this post a mile long and i'm not sure if thats an efficient use of space or time so i'll just hop ahead and mention the moment after they drift with baby otachi. First off, newt is NOT the type of person to carry a hankerchief around so i'm 100% certain hermann gave it to him at some point (possibly after the first drift). Secondly, we start to see this sort of unspoken communication going on between them— hermann holds his hand out to newt for the hankerchief knowing he still has it and that he's close enough to give it to him and that he'll understand what that hand gesture means. maybe they've been in similarly emetophobic situations before and just know eachother well enough to go through the actions seamlessly or maybe its ghost drift, in the end it doesnt matter because it's not even an interaction that you'd question (or was probably even intended to be questioned? i may be losing my mind over nothing over here) because they've been acting so familiar towards eachother for the whole movie. like i said, its about the casual intimacy and understanding of eachother.

They argue and clash A LOT, but in the end they're still the only person who can match the other on an intellectual level— the only person who can properly keep up with the other in an argument, conversation, discussion, or whatever else you want to call it. Them drifting just provides an extension of that— a natural progression. In their last scene, where newt puts his arm around hermanns shoulders, they look at eachother for what is pretty much just one second and it's like an entire unspoken conversation passes between them. here, i've created and attached a gif as example!!!!

anyway, this post got a little bit out of hand but i cannot agree with you enough!!!!! their every interaction IS filled with care concern and love!!!!!!

going insane over the fact that happiness and care and concern and love is underneath every interaction between newt and hermann in pacific rim

[littledozerdraws]

preview of my piece for the @edgeofhopezine --- pre-orders are open now and until August 4! ⚡️ here's a link to the shop ⚡️

[avelera]

Oh man, what if there IS a time skip for Good Omens S3 and we DO flash forward to Supreme Archangel Aziraphale and Duke of Hell (There Was A Vacancy) Crowley as bitter exes, WHAT IF??

[baronessmeinster]

Last year during Dracula Daily I saw a post about how it's extremely difficult to read someone else's shorthand. I was telling my partner about it, and how the fact that Jonathan and Mina can read each other's shows how close they are.

Except I decided to say they're Drift Compatible.

And since I said that out loud, my brain immediately latched on, as it does.

So, since Dracula is cannonically a Scholomance graduate/alchemist/general arcane magic-user, he uses Evil Powers to open the dimensional rift and let the kaiju through.

Mina and Jonathan's jaeger is the Lucy's Revenge.

Quincey and Arthur are copilots, as are Seward and Van Helsing.

[sh1za-kun]

Why there is still no Pacific Rim AU for Ghostflower?

[ladybender]

In Between Clear Blue Water

Newton Geiszler/Hermann Gottlieb (Pacific Rim)

Tags: 

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence; Slow Burn; Ghost Drifting; Canon Disabled Character; Not Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) Compliant; this is my hate letter to uprising; Post-Movie: Pacific Rim (2013); Post-Kaiju War; POV Alternating; Angst with a Happy Ending

Chapter summary:

On the morning of their test drive, Hermann is sick to his stomach. He'll have to drift again with Newton and he is not ready. But it's too late to turn back.

[astriiformes]

I know I'm biased but can I just say. Having Willow and Hunter's soft moment in this most recent ep be them telling each other "You mean a lot to me" and then doing a little like... tenderly linking fingers as an expression of affection has

Huge queerplatonic vibes.

[irradiate-space]

Tuesday Typings

I came back from the North American Science Fiction Convention with so many books. Notes on costume stuff, one giant costume todo list, and recent reads/watches as well.

Books acquired recently

The Archive Undying, Emma Mieko Candon, 2023, bought

This is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, 2020, bought — finished and enjoyed

The Sng of Achilles, Madeline Miller, 2012, bought

Translation State,, Ann Leckie, 2023, bought

Francis: The People's Pope, Ted Rall, allegedly autographed, 2018, bought

The Stars Like Dust, Isaac Asimov, 1996 paperback printing, gifted

The Courier, Gerald Brandt, 2016, free pile

Alliance Rising, C. J. Cherryh and Jane S. Fancher, 2019, free pile

Foundryside, Robert Jackson Bennett, 2019 Broadway promo printing, free pile

Mica, fille de Transyl, Michèle Laframboise, 2012, free pile — I do not read the French; this is going on a gift pile for a Francophone friend

To Climb a Flat Mountain, G. David Nordley, 2009?, bought after the author gave me an answer to a worldbuilding problem

Burning Days, Glenn Grant, 2011, free

This Virtual Night, C.S. Friedman, 2021, free

To Each This World, Julie Czerneda, 2022, free and signed

The Complete Smoke Trilogy, Tanya Huff, 2019, free

She Who Became The Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan, 2021, free

All of the free books are from Pemmi-Con; half are from DAW Publishers who were really, really generous.

Recent Reading and Watching

This is How You Lose the Time War surprised me with the identity of the Seeker; mid-book I thought there might be another operative tailing them, or a Purple child, or a third side to this war. That last prediction was quite close!

Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn - Bande Dessinee Episode: 0 wasn't particularly thrilling, but I value it because it fills out the characters of Full Frontal and Angelo Sauper, and how the Zeonist public sees things before the initiation of the Third Neo Zeon War, aka The Laplace Incident.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars has been good through season 7; I ned to track down season 8 to see if they later appearance of Ashoka in Star Wars Rebels makes any sense.

Legend of Galactic Heroes: I have finally finished this. RIP to a legend, but we all knew that the death flag for the last person to die was waved at the end of the third season. Rubinsky's end was also fitting: reflecting of how he was no longer part of the plot, he was also no longer part of politics. His last gasp felt irrelevant, and really was.

Pacific Rim: The Black is a 3dcg film that's reminiscent of RWBY and Dragon Prince in style, but with the same Ramin Djiwadi soundtrack, and some neat twists that really delve into the fridge horror of the setting. But this is a kids' show, so there's little blood, the decapitations happen out of frame, and the heads don't roll too far. Episode 7 has a nice "it's dangerous to go alone; take this" moment.

Computing

A 2.1A powerbank is not enough to stably power a Pi 1 B+ with a 4.0" square Hyperpixel Touch display and a wireless keyboard. Big Sad. Next question is if a PiSugar 3 battery controller will work with a Pi 1 B+ or if I should splurge $75 on a Pi 4 for this device.

I'd like to have a mobile compute terminal that's smaller than a 13" laptop, but still has USB ports. Scrollwheel and a button to toggle the OSK would also be nice.

Primary nonwork laptop's keyboard continues to degrade; It's becoming a desk item. Its degradation is the primary driver of the new palmtop development.

Actually, wait, I have a spare CM4 from a StereoPi 2 device. I could use that, with a compatible breakout board maybe. Or I could test the Hyperpixel screen on the Stereopi board directly. Then I'd have a 4" touchscreen mated to a … 5" wide board? Well, it'll at least let me test some things, like whether the CM4 works for this use case. Bonus dual cameras is a questionable bonus.

Crafting

KInda burnt out on crafting, tbh. Last two weeks were full of crunch before Pemmi-Con/NASFiC, which netted me a "Judge's Choice in Novice Class" award and "Best Use of Modern Tech" in the Masquerade competition.

Next up, over @glowingskull, I plan to post rundowns of the stuff I made, and maybe some shapefiles, but there's a lot of work left in this costume and I plan to redo large parts of the headgear.

Because, let's be honest, the post-con todo list for that costume is basically:

Better photographs?

Write up the project

Print off a holder for these parts, because I'm retiring them to mount on the wall

Redesign snout, again, to remove grilles and double-thicken all the parts

Resculpt temples and ears of skull

Put a visor in the eye holes

Eye-lights in visor?

Enclose head: back of skull, ventilation, neck sock

Redo the flame staff's camera monopod mount attachment point for durability (may require welding?)

Sculpt a model for the chestpiece, so it's plastic instead of foam

Sculpt a model for arm bracers

And then on top of that I also want to:

Document the Servicer outfit

Sew on a Masonic patch for the Servicer outfit

Build some DIY NVGs for use in costume projects like this one

Write up the Baba Yaga's Hut costume which won Best In Show

I think my next costume goal, after the revised Turaga Vakama, will be an Earth Federation Space Forces officer uniform, so I can give the planned "WTF is Zeon" lectures in character.

The next head goal will be a Deinonychus head with articulated jaw, which requires advancements in augmented reality. Need to get the StereoPi working, or ditch/sell it and switch to paired NVG monocles.

Music

I think it's time for Pacific Rim soundtracks. Pacific Rim: The Black sounds somewhere between the Pacific Rim movies' soundtracks and the tense violin work from the 2009 Sherlock Holmes movie with RDJ and Jude Law, soundtrack by Hans Zimmer. Not particularly Australian, unfortunately.

Lego Stuff

Gotta merge the two submarine kits, and build the Emperor's Throne Room that I won at pinball at Pemmi-Con.