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[searchingfortheuniverse]

HBO War + Text Posts Part 2

[georgieluz]

the stars are dimmed by clouds and tears and all i wish is gone away

[therealslimshakespeare]

“it is well that war is so terrible

or we should grow too fond of it”

[webgottism]

love them both sm but visually the pacific has stayed with me a lot more than band of brothers for some reason. like i think about the image of snafu throwing rocks into that corpse’s open head and sledge in the hut with the old woman and hamm’s body after getting shot and the way sledge leans over the table to say that remark to the girl at the course registration and the garden behind stella’s house in melbourne and the hesitant look on snafu’s face when he leaves sledge on the train constantly. they torment my brain !!!!

[phandomtaleweaver]

If I had a nickel for every time a sweet HBOwar kid, who is southern, vaguely religious, and named Eugene, made me wanna cry (and also give them a hug) I would have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happed twice

[shegetsburned]

“No one remembers who comes in second.”

Tournament of Champions | Interviews

[l3r40l]

don't try to tell me it didn't happen

[deputy-buck]

snafu, skinny, eugene sledge, burgie, eugene roe, doc bryan, nate, dick winters, and ronald speirs for the ask game please!

I love that you cannot count cause neither can I- THATS 9- I'm adding Heffron cause that's the first guy that came to mind

THANKS MAR ILYSM MWAHMWAH KISS

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Skinny/Speirs, Why? Cause I ship Skinny/Lieb and Lieb/Spiers, who's to say Speirs couldn't have some fun with Lieb's boy alone?? Skinny would get his ass chewed for coming back to Lieb with bite marks and bruises all over, but when he tells Joe who did it, Lieb would drag him right back to Spiers so he can watch exactly how Skinny got each and every one of the marks.

Doc/Snafu, Doc would put Snafu in his place So Fast- Bratty Snafu no longer, he's put into a state of full submission by Tim. I mean No Thoughts Head Empty type of submission, blindly following whatever Tim orders with a dopey smile on his face and a slurred "yessir"

Burgie/Nate, I think Burgie would like having someone taller than him fully surrendering themself to him, not just for sex though. I really do think Burgie would make their play just as fulfilling and satisfying but without ever getting Nate or himself off. He's that good of a dom imo.

Sledge/Roe, I have to put Gene with the other Cajun, it's law- They give Lets Go Back To The Basics vibes, and I mean that as frantic handjobs and a lot of grinding while trying to see how far they can stick their tongues down the other man's throat. All they want is to feel good with little expectation of something more.

Dick/Babe..... let him fuck a sweet boy, as a treat for dealing with Nix and Welsh all the time. Actually, it's more like let Babe have a chance to melt into a service role for Dick, let him let go and just be Good for Winters, let him soak up all the sweet praise and compliments that don't sound nasty like Guarnere's praise and compliments. Let him just be a boy again.

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For this ask game!

[parragone]

Anyway, more headcanons under the cut

Specifically, sexuality/previous relationship headcanons for the SAS, GIGN, and Spetsnaz

I'll probably do another one later for other CTUs but, yannow.

former smoke/mute, current doc/monty, twitch/cav, poly spetsnaz & kapglaz

Discussions of breakups, attempted arranged marriages, and abusive relationships, but I'm not going into major detail

SAS

> Thatcher;

This man did NOT know he was bi. He didn't have the vocabulary for it, and his family wasn't the best about LGBT folks even existing. Well, his father wasn't. His mother couldn't care less and suspected he was bisexual since he was young, but never confronted the issue, even though she knew he had feelings for pther men. He was, admittedly, a bit of a prick; he developed internalized homophobia and while he was never actively against the LGBT, he always said it wasn't natural.

He toughed out three marriages. The first fell apart because they were young and stupid, the second cheated on him, and the third grew too far apart from him once he became part of the SAS. He had four kids from these, he loves them dearly, but he's distant from them and mostly just gives them money to avoid intruding on a life he never felt he fit into. Pays for college, cars, the occasional vacation. He's met his grandkids once or twice, but the stepfathers of his kids have more of a right to be grandfathers.

And then he met Mute, and he couldn't dodge his homophobia anymore. It wasn't fair to abuse this kid because he was gay. He knew that, and he tried to deal with his issues. It worked for a bit. He did research and tried to build that bridge so that the kid would feel safe. And it worked. For a while, he didn't have to deal with himself if he focused on Mute.

Then he met Jordan fucking Thermite fucking Trace, and he had no choice but to confront himself. And god, he hated Trace to begin with, because Trace made sure he knew the offer was open. Jordan was everything Mike tried to bury, everything about a man he liked. He tried to get rid of the feelings by picking fights and ended up makign himself worse. It was Mute who asked him, in private, if he was having an issue. And it was Mute who he confided in, because of all people Mute knew he'd been trying to be better.

It didn't happen immediately. It took a lot of conversations, some with Mute, some with Harry, before he talked to Thermite, before he talked to Jordan, and he was blunt. honest. Straightforward that he's an old man with an old mind and he's not liable to be a great partner, that he's got a bad track record, that he's got an awful habit of being a little too... much. That it'd take a long time for him to be completely comfortable in a same-sex relationship.

He's grateful Jordan was, and still is, willing to wait for him. Even after years of being together, he has days where he struggles, where he feels like an imposter or like he's going against his own values. Jordan's patient, he's willing to listen, he's forgiving of missteps and helps keep him from going down awful mental spirals. He loves Jordan. He's still trying to figure out how to show that in a healthy way, but he does.

> Sledge;

Holy SHIT this man knew he was bi back in primary school. All it took was one really attractive rugby jock to take his knees out in the middle of a match and he knew. Man got pinned under a hot classmate and proceeded to speed run the seven stages of a sexual awakening. He went home, went straight to his mom, and begged her for an explanation. She laughed for almost an hour before she finally told him that it's just, you know, human nature. "It'll be alright, Seamus," she'd said. "It's just part of you."

And so he got comfortable early in life. He dated men and women both, in and out, until he joined the SAS. Then he just... stopped. He didn't have time to do the civilian way of things, so he assumed he'd have to wait until he left or he'd be restricted to other SAS members. Which, you know, wasn't uncommon as long as nobody risked the mission because they were romantically involved.

He's still hesitant. He's watched Smoke and Mute with a careful eye, been there for Thatcher, and watches the rest of the team; he's enjoyed being a source of relationship wisdom, even if he's notably single. Mute jokes that he's going to end up a crazy dog man, but! He's kind of okay with that. Low key dealing with a gym crush on Blitz, but he's not going to act on it anytime soon. [ Much to Smoke and Mute's dismay and frustration. ]

> Smoke;

You know that one term? Disaster bi? Yeah. Yeah. Smoke figured himself out early, much to his mother's dismay, and has never been shy about it. He's been in a lot of relationships, but the only three that have been long term have been... very different.

The first was passionate, but ended suddenly when he found out she had been cheating. The second was a struggle, as his partner was financially controlling and took away intimacy of every sort as a punishment for seemingly minimal offenses. He felt like he couldn't escape until he put his foot down about his daughter; his boyfriend at the time told him that it was either him or the kid, and Smoke chose his daughter without a second thought. Then, there was Mute.

God knows he loves Mute, but their relationship was complicated from the beginning. He tried to make sure Mute never fell into a situation where he didn't feel safe or heard, and often prioritized Mute over himself to the point of his own emotional detriment. hilariously, it ended up being a factor in their breakup - Mute was so frustrated that he wouldn't give himself any priority that he made the man promise to talk to Harry about emotional dependence.

He's had to figure himself out in the meantime, but he's pretty comfortable with himself and his boundaries. He's also realized that, yes, he can love his partner without putting them before his every want and need. Has a long-term affection for Maestro that Mute teases the ever-loving hell out of him for. [ "I can't believe your type is 'can they kick my ass', James." "Alright, yes, but you should eat his food. you'll fall for him, too" ]

> Mute;

If he never talks to his family they don't have to know he's gay and trans. That's the mantra he lives by!

Really, he's just fucked up all over. With minimal social skills to begin with and difficulty recognizing social cues, Mute wasn't even sure how a relationship worked. He wasn't even sure how to express his identity until he was nearly fifteen, and by then his family had arranged for him to marry someone almost twice his age. He vehemently refused and was, perhaps in an ironic twist, saved by the fact the GCHQ wanted him. A large part of his agreement was for them to forcefully emancipate him from his household, which freed him both in the financial and expression sense.

By the time Mute became a member of the SAS, he'd cut off his family entirely and done an ungodly amount of research into the LGBT movements online. While he's comfortable with his identity, he tries to keep it out of conversation and intentionally kept it secret from most of the team for several months until he was comfortable with them.

His relationship with Smoke was one of firsts. It was his first actual relationship with someone who wasn't, well, a little bit of a creep. Smoke is his best friend now, and he wouldn't trade that for the world, but he's also acutely aware that being friends with your ex is extremely weird. He's also fairly certain he's ace [ narrator: he's demi ], which he's pretty sure is a deal-breaker for many. He's content to sit and be himself for the time being, especially given that he's got emotional crushes on multiple friends and Caveira continues to encourage him to own up to them. He would, with all due respect, rather die!

GIGN

> Doc;

His first religious crisis was his sexuality. Prayed for days to try and figure out if it was a crime, read the scriptures, felt out of place. Confessed to his mother that the way his brothers felt about women, he felt about men, and she promptly declared that if Allah could not not forgive her son for love then she did not want anything He could offer her. As she always has been, she stood by her son regardless.

He didn't date, though. Not for some time. He focused on his career, on trying to make a difference in the world, on trying to make it better. He hadn't dated anyone, really, until this utter puppy of a man fell into his life with all the grace of a seal bouncing around on the beach. He wouldn't say he fell in love with Montagne at first sight, but he will say it was close. Montagne never tired of romancing him, as if every date were their first, and never let him feel unloved.

His feelings for Lion were complicated at best for a long time. It was his mother, again, who made it dawn on him that he may be poly-amorous, posthumously and through the many letters she had written to him when she was at her peak of health. While his relationship with Lion remains... difficult, Doc tries to remember that the man is dealing with religious and familial guilt the same way he once did.

Not to say he doesn't get a little bit of a kick about occasionally flirting with him, just to get a reaction.

> Montagne;

Hopeless romantic. Moving on- [ I'll probably edit/reblog and elaborate on this later but my brain is scattered ]

> Rook;

He's... he's a puppy. He's a bisexual puppy and everyone who's ever dated him knows this. Rook has never been ashamed of who he loves, and often involved himself in LGBT rallies before his enlistment, even with disapproval from his parents. While he himself has only ever dated women, he has an attraction to men and personally identifies as bi.

He's had a couple of long-term girlfriends, but they drifted apart due to service and difficulty with communication. He confesses he's not the best at explaining himself in the heat of the moment and, due to his service, has a bit of a hard time enjoying the same things he would if he were a civilian. Rook, ultimately, has had a pretty uneventful love life - he's just happy to be here.

He's the embodiment of "Rook, where'd you bag that baddie?" "I didn't. i was minding my own business and she threw me over her shoulder. I haven't gotten down since"

> Twitch;

Femme lesbian. Femme lesbian who once kissed her best friend at an all-girls school behind the gymnasium. Her parents never approved of her behavior, always told her she'd grow out of the phase, but she never did. Never would. It wasn't a passing feeling and she knew it before they ever found out about it.

She learned to hide her girlfriends. She played nice at events, at parties, smiled and played at being interested in the men her parents tried to introduce her to. But she sneaked off often, she wanted to date, she wanted to express herself.

Ultimately, that chance came with the military. Sure, it was difficult, but she was no longer bound by the restraints of her family's status. That was enough for her.

Now, however, she's got a problem in the form of one very quiet and very angry Brazilian woman who somehow continues to end up in her bed on a nearly nightly basis with little warning. It's definitely just a platonic, comfort thing... right? Right. Taina wouldn't trust anyone enough to even think about romance.

Spetsnaz

> Tachanka;

The power of himbo thick-skulled overconfidence has gotten this man through so much of his romantic life. He's extremely intelligent, but he had absolutely zero vocabulary for anything LGBT. His former wife knew he had no preference between men and women, and they would often debate the most attractive features of either sex as a matter of entertainment. They had married rather young, a whirlwind of love and laughter that never quite ended; while the love has changed, they're an inseparable pair and have raised their children with a strong co-parenting system.

His ex-wife, thankfully, was also the one who pointed out that he should try actually dating a man when they had divorced. She'd known he would never explore that part of himself while they were together, but she was happy to see him figure it out. They talked often about those they went on dates with, and he was her best man at her second wedding; she was the first one he told when Kapkan and Glaz invited him as a third in a semi-open relationship. She was the one who encouraged him to take the offer. He was also overjoyed when the offer was extended in turn to Fuze.

He's romantic. Hopelessly romantic with all three of them, with anyone as a partner. All he wants to do is feel like he's made them happy, feel like he's served a purpose in their life [ which leads to him being a service top, but that's a different post ]. He's not very good at flings, but long term relationships - be they truly romantic such as the one he has with Kapkan and Glaz or a friends with benefits situation like he has with some other members of the team - is something he does very well with.

> Kapkan;

This man thought he was a switch. He did. he'd dated off and on, he'd been in quick flings while undercover, he thought yeah, he's a switch, he's typically dominant, he's pretty solid where he is.

Then this fucking sniper showed up in his life and he hasn't been a dominant man in the bedroom since, no matter his position. He's also rarely the top, and even then, he's not the dominant partner.

Not to say he doesn't like being the follower in the relationship. It feels nice to be taken care of, even if he bitches about it to his partners and can come off as aggressive about his pride. It feels nice to be provided for, to be wanted and part of something that wants him. He's fairly sure it comes from wanting to belong, but Glaz does more than make him feel like he belongs, it's more like feeling like he's owned, and that makes him comfortable in a strange way.

He knew Glaz was poly-amorous when they got together, it was a condition Glaz had - that Kapkan be willing to discuss it, that the conversation remain open. It didn't happen for a couple years, and when it did, it was with someone Kapkan had an eye on - Tachanka - rather than Glaz. Fuze was Glaz's idea, but Tachanka was Kapkan's, and he's still a little surprised at himself for it.

Kapkan sometimes struggles with the fact he breaks down so easily for Glaz, but he finds himself strangely alright with the fact that if push came to shove, he'd follow Glaz to Hell and back.

> Glaz;

Glaz! Always knew he was a top! He'd been in a couple of relationships prior to Kapkan, but never anything long-term. Kapkan was different in the best of ways; particularly because when the two of them got together, he realized that Kapkan liked to be taken care of and yield up control. It was perfect, simply because Glaz always preferred to lead his partner anyway.

Kapkan fell first, but Glaz will always say he fell harder. He didn't expect Kapkan to be a caring partner, nor one so open to Glaz being poly-amorous. He has very little shame about how much he loves Kapkan, he keeps a few sketchbooks filled exclusively with details about his partner, he has little notes about the man's habits and preferences.

He treasures his partners, yes, each of them fill a different void in his life. But Kapkan in particular? He'd marry that man if they could get away with it, and maybe he will when they retire.

> Fuze;

He'll tell you that he realized it wasn't the path to take, he won't tell you that his former fiance was abusive and nightmarish.

While he is keenly aware he is bisexual with a preference for men, he has a low drive and will often excuse himself out of intimate situations due to sex having once been a weapon against him. Even when he trusts someone enough to be chatty around them, as he is with Glaz, he will often bury any trace of what he may want intimately. It takes time for him to open up, and he is reluctant to trust partners with his wants and needs, even if he is happy to indulge theirs.

The Spetsnaz have mostly coaxed him into giving them some signs of what he wants, which has been a long and difficult process in itself. The relationship is somewhat open, and Fuze does have a couple partners outside of them, but they know him better than anyone else and are often able to help him identify what he needs. he loves them dearly, even if it is in his own understated sort of way.

[miras-ash]

Chapter 17 of "Just as the stars love the night"

Ash's pov

I awoke from a dreamless sleep. My head felt like it was stuffed with absorbent cotton and even though it didn't hurt, it was uncomfortable. The second thing I noticed was the strong arms carrying me, judging by the voice it was Sledge. Gravel crunched under his heavy steps just like those of the others. I could hear only two voices but judging by the steps, there were several people. Curious, I opened my eyes a crack only to squeeze them shut again, the setting sun blinding me and a slight twinge joining the dull feeling in my head. Very slowly I opened my eyes to get used to the brightness, it took a while but in the end I could finally see who was still with us. Doc was walking next to Seamus who was carrying me, on his other side was Yumiko, she was talking to Maho who was walking by her hand and in front of us was Elena, she was carrying something in her arms, I just couldn't see what it was.

All at once the fog in my head cleared and I partially remembered what had happened, the entire last few hours passed once again in review before my inner eye. How I had worked with Osa in the morning, the evacuation and then this fear for my loved ones. I could hardly remember anything that happened after the escape, although I know exactly that I was conscious, apparently my body has activated a protective mechanism or something similar. Only isolated images and impressions were there, including Kali who tried to calm me down, the smell of blood and unimaginable pain.

It had felt as if my entire abdomen was on fire, even now I felt a strangely unpleasant pressure and I carefully felt for my stomach which was strangely soft and no longer so large. Then it finally clicked in my head and I remembered the last moments before I had stepped away. My baby, it was in my arms, I had really managed to give it a life instead of taking it. That was the bundle in Elena's arms.

Again I awoke, but this time in a soft bed and without pressure on the head. I must have fallen asleep again earlier or maybe I had lost consciousness. Next to me Mira was asleep as well, she was sitting in a recliner, her head had fallen on her chest and in her hands she was holding a book that was threatening to fall down. I reached out my hand and touched her gently on the shoulder, yet she jerked up startled.

"I'm sorry," I mumbled. Only now did I realize that I barely had a voice. I cleared my throat a few times before Elena handed me a glass of water, which I poured into me as if I hadn't seen a drop in weeks. She refilled my glass two more times until I had enough. My voice was still groggy but at least I didn't feel like a fish out of the water anymore.

"How are you?" She sounded worried but tried to hide it.

There it was again, that look we had both put on too often in the last few months. We were constantly living with anxiety, guilt and pity and it sucked. She shouldn't be in constant worry about me and I shouldn't keep giving her a reason to. Deimos had broken so much.

Still, I wasn't doing too badly at the moment and I shared that with her.

"I'm fine under the circumstances, I'm just tired of spending my free time in hospitals and wards."

Elena smiled again, she heard my mood and let the worries fall away.

"You could book a flatrate. I'm sure Doc has something on offer, maybe we could even cover it with your health insurance."

My fist playfully hit her upper arm, which she rubbed indignantly but laughing.

"Just an idea."

How I had missed her cheeky grin.

There was a knock at the door and Yumiko came in. She was beaming all over as she handed me my daughter, announcing "Freshly bathed, dressed and fed."

Finally I could take a closer look at her, she was beautiful just as Elena had said. Now even the last doubt left me. In the past months dark thoughts had settled in me again and again. I didn't want to but I kept asking myself if I could ever really love this child, let alone accept her, after all she was a memento of and for Deimos, or so I thought. But now that she was really there, here with us, so full of innocence, I realized that I would never feel anything but unconditional love for her. Tenderly I pressed her to me, I would never allow that one hurts her.

"Tell me, what is the name of the girl? Have you ever thought about it?"

Yumi had a good point there, we had never talked about it before. Generally Elena and I had avoided the subject for fear it might break something between us but now it was different. I had seen it in her eyes, she was ready just like me and therefore only one thing came into question.

"No not really, I wanted to leave that to Lena."

Astonished she looked at me.

"Liz No. You carried her, you gave birth to her, she is your flesh and blood."

"That's exactly why. I want you to do your part, she may be my blood but she is our daughter. Give her a name worthy of an Alvarez."

Moved to tears, she came a little closer to the bed and seemed to look more closely at the little girl. Taking one of her tiny hands, she immediately reached out and clasped Elena's index finger.

"Just as strong as her mother," Mira whispered to herself.

"She's just like you." Elena's voice was louder now so we could hear her clearly. She continued "As beautiful as you, as strong and definitely stubborn. Like a star, she will one day make the lives and hearts of many people shine, that's why her name shall be Estella."

Even though she sounded determined, Elena looked questioningly at me.

I simply nodded. The name was perfect.

Estella... Estella Alvarez.

[coldarena]

Art applications for the zine close tomorrow!!!

If you'd like to amend or add anything to your application you can DM me or resubmit under the same name :)

[caveiiras]

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[slasherpunk]

woke up with my right hip & shoulder in pain that still won't go away & I need to visit the medicine man but obvs can't do that 😗✌️we vibing

[oraclechats]

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[mads-nixon]

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Band of Brothers

italics - wips

Eugene “Doc” Roe

- At Last

- Break the Distance

- C'est Toi (Soulmate!AU)

Joe Liebgott

- Of Course It’s You

- Liebling

Floyd Talbert

- “The Night of the Bayonet”

- I’m Here (oc)

George Luz

- Home

- Old Friends

Dick Winters

- Winter at the Winters'

- Meine Liebe

Ron Speirs

- Keeping You Safe

- For Me

- Knight in Dirty ODs

Lewis Nixon

- Here With You

- The Vow

- Timeless

- Epiphany Series Masterlist

Johnny Martin

- Follow You Anywhere

Headcannons

- Nix When He's Sick

- Dating Eugene Roe

- Post-War Harry Welsh

The Pacific

Robert Leckie

- Crazy

Bill "Hoosier" Smith

- You Before Me

Eugene Sledge

- See the Good

Headcanons

- Hoosier Dating an Extrovert

- Chuckler Dating an Artist

- Chuckler Dating a Medic

Masters of the Air:

You can find things from gifs to fics, and posts about the flyers and ground crews in Masters of the Air on my sideblog, @major-mads!!

comment or message me if you want to be tagged in anything!!

[youcalledmebabe]

The pacific episode five thoughts

basilone celebrity era

crazy how BoB had one quick sex scene in episode nine and this has two slightly longer ones already

oh sledge is finally at the front

RAMI FINALLY

LECKIE

Leckie laughing at Hoosier like he’s funny 💀 I’m sooo on board with them I can’t wait to read fic

Chuckler getting a Superman comic. well yes!

Sidsledge reunion where he tackles him… but the other woman is on the scene now…

“Old friends, huh?”

Sidsledge kinda star crossed lovers

bro showering thinks he’s George Luz

omg and they didn’t even get to say goodbye

Leckie running a library okayyyy king

Leckie and sledge talking about god made me wish band of brothers would’ve done more with the religious theme. You have a few devout characters and I think it would’ve been interesting to explore how they reconcile their faith with the war (especially doc roe…) We got like the St Francis prayer and skip joking about dying in a state of grace but that was really it? A Father Maloney episode would’ve gone crazy.

snafu and sledge’s first one on one interaction ending with snafu puking 💀

Omg is Hoosier gonna DIE

thinking about the fics where snafu and eugene are cousins… they sure don’t teach social skills on that bayou

snafu being sweet and then immediately being fucking weird

unidentified soldier slayyying this Grand Canyon monologue. maybe it’s frenchie actually. De l’au. Should’ve paid attention when he spelled his name 💔