#what did mav do

[unlawfulchaos]

Mav, writing a letter to Santa: Dear Santa, I'm writing to let you know that I've been naughty.

Mav, still writing: and it was worth it, you judgemental bastard.

Mav: Cain deserved exactly what he got, and no matter how long Ice stays mad at me, I will not apologise.

Mav: Although my back is starting to hurt from sleeping on the couch.

[odd-chips]

(Tents fingers) So I've had a very indulgent Lethal Company OC concept on the mind for a while, and now that I've drawn it, of course it's spiraled into a 80+ panel comic HILJKFD

Employee names are tentative right now, but they go by Cap'n, Kid (shortie, actual name is Scoot), Skeets (tall one, short for Skeeter) and Mav (wide one, goes by that or Maverick). Genders are also tentative, but I'm warming up to the idea of them all being women with Kid being the only boy!

Value keys for the comic are under the cut, along with some story beats/thumbnails and the uncensored version of Cap'n's injuries from the attack! (It's sketchy, but it is drawn gore so be warned!)

[abirddogmoment]

insulting and offensive how regularly mindfully training your dog actually leads to visible progress towards good dog manners

[your-unfriendlyghost]

I thought you’d get a kick out of this:

I think back in like 2020 there was an au where Steve Randle and maverick from top gun were brothers. Maverick was the older one (for some reason. I always thought it didn’t make a lot of sense because Steve is from the sixties and maverick is from the eighties, but the au made it work) and Steve was his much younger half brother.

I think they shared a mom (who they both looked exactly like, I’m assuming) and they didn’t actually know about each other until Steve’s dad died and maverick was the next of kin that had to take him in.

Anyway I distinctly remember maverick not knowing how to interact with Steve and Steve just… blatantly hating mavericks guts. He liked ice and goose though. Not maverick. Maverick was very stressed about that

Also I remember someone saying that Maverick would hate Steve being impulsive and driving recklessly and everyone would call him a hypocrite for it.

Oh yeah no you’re so right this is completely up my alley

Steve’s just mad ‘cuz Mav got to have braces and he didn’t

also where was that au on/what platform was it on?? I needa see more that’s amazing

[avianii]

anyone got any ideas for plane names cuz otherwise imma just name Mav's P51 Tomcat lol

[myrquez]

WAIT A FUCKING SECOND DID MAVERICK CUT HIS HAIR?????????????????????? ITS JOEVER

[nixie-deangel]

@phisworld14 these all directly follow up from your ask!

🥺 chap2 of helper - a/b/o hangster

"What?" No, seriously what? What was she talking about? They had tried to argue with her about what he had in his papers? "Mav tried arguing with me about who you'd want to help and Bagman tried to suggest you'd want anyone but him to help you out." Phoenix made sure he was looking at her before she rolled her eyes at him. "

🔥 virgin jake - hangster

"I think not," she teased. "Seriously though, how bad did you fuck up with this, Brad Brad?" "Don't call me that," he whined before letting out a long, heavy sigh, choosing not to give her a verbal answer. He knew he’d pay for it but he really did not want to put into words what an absolute dumbass he’d been when dealing with Jake. "Seriously, Bradshaw, is it really that fucked up or are you just blowing shit out of proportion because your ass is dramatic?"

💔 icemav break up / icedad

"It looks like Mav won't be able to make it after all, kiddo," Ice says after a moment of floundering on how to phrase it. "Oh." "I can try and see if I can pull in a favor or two?" he offers halfheartedly. Though he really isn't sure if he'd be able to do much. Not with graduation being in less than two weeks. And already devoting most of his energy outside of his offices to dealing with Carole.

Make Nixie Write This Weekend!

[compacflt]

wip wednesday: almost done :)

[ace-malarky]

Find the Word Tag #32

@aziz-reads tagged me for this one, thanks!!

My searches are for; A name, A plant, A place, and A color

and the dnd file opened first so we're using that!!

A NAME - Maverick (Dumb of Ass, Snake of Tits; Vorellim)

They cupped his jaw, trying not to tangle their fingers in his hair, trying to remember how to breathe. "Ai armiel telere maenen hir." Nelaeryn blinked. His grip on them loosened, his eyes softening, his mouth half open. "Maverick…" Behind him, Chant snickered and slipped out of the hallway.

A PLANT - Iris (Lathlaeril & Zephyr; Beginning)

"It is just - odd, I suppose." The wizard sat down, the illusion still in his hand. "One feels almost like a wayward child. Again." He laughed gently, mocking himself. Lathlaeril sat down, leaving a careful amount of space between them, gaze on the flower. An iris, he thought, with slim red-purple petals and a yellow touch to the centre. "Then perhaps it is time to exercise some independence. We do not always expect our parents to be watching." "No. But I would expect to be given… not an explanation as such, but perhaps a warning." He glanced up at Lathlaeril. "Or maybe that is a human conception."

A PLACE - Suzail (The Many Lies of Makaria Trapeiros; The Next Adventure)

Chant sauntered through the streets of Suzail, idly swinging her cane in one hand. This place wasn’t bad, as towns went. Very picturesque. Had that retirement-home sort of feel she associated with the rich and powerful, the ones who pretended to be out of the game but played it twice as hard as any young ambitious noble. It’s cute, really. Very quiet.

A COLOUR - Red (Dumb of Ass, Snake of Tits; House Hunting)

"Oh look," Nelaeryn murmured, elbowing Maverick, "there's someone with your aversion to clothes." Maverick looked in the direction he nodded and saw a pale skinned tiefling with curved horns in the garden. She was wearing tight trousers and knee-high heeled boots under a long red coat, which was open to reveal that she just wore wraps over her chest that stopped short of the end of her ribs. "That's Chant," said Tosh. "She lives here too. Chant!" She stuck her hand up, waving. "Come and meet my friends!"

and I'm gonna tag @albatris, @oh-no-another-idea, @ink-enchanted for the words flourish, equipment, persistence, and defiant if y'all feel like it!!

[unmanageably]

do we think the mavs are done making trades or what lol

[unlawfulchaos]

Mav: Am I in trouble?

Ice: Take a guess.

Mav: No?

Ice: Correct

Mav: Really!?

Ice: No, you idiot.

Ice: If you really think you're not in trouble for what you did to Admiral Caine's car, then you're even more delusional than I thought.

Mav, under his breath: It was worth it.

[j-atticus]

logged back on to ramble about them again. just. it’s so important to me that mav is to bradley what no one was to mav and ik we don’t have exact ages or time stamps or anything but mav lost his parents relatively close together and he’s said repeatedly he has no family so that leaves him in the hands of the foster system and the same goddamn thing happened to bradley but he had someone standing between him and the system. between him and the world. unlike mav and I’m just violently ill over the fact that mav became everything to bradley that he needed

[abirddogmoment]

A little bit about CKC pointing field trials (puppy stakes) in general for those who are interested in how they run.

CKC has its hunting dog events broken out pretty specifically. CKC is restrictive in which breeds can run which events (e.g., only CKC registered approved pointing breeds can run pointing tests, other breeds are excluded even if they technically could complete the exercises. Rory can only run pointing events, she couldn't do a retriever test or a spaniel test).

We also have a distinction in trials vs tests, as most other venues do.

Trials - you are competing against other people and being judged against a standard. You run in pairs. Top 4 dogs get placements, once you get enough points you get a field championship.

Tests - you are running alone and being judged against a standard for a qualifying/non-qualifying runs. 3 qualifying runs gets you a title.

We are currently running CKC pointing field trials.

CKC pointing trials have two main distinctions within them - puppy stakes and senior stakes. You can enter whichever stake you're ready for, with some exceptions (like age) - you don't have to run puppy stakes before running senior stakes.

Puppy stakes are a little lower pressure because they judge puppies' potential. Within puppy stakes, there are two main types of runs.

Open puppy stakes: any puppy *of eligible breed* between 6 and 18 months old. No birds hidden in the field, no gunshots on the course, 15-20 minutes running.

Derby stakes: any puppy of eligible breed between 6 and 27 months old. At least two birds hidden in the field, puppy needs to point birds if encountered, gunshots, 20-30 minutes.

We run open puppy for now. Here's how this goes:

We are randomly paired with another puppy and handler (this pairing is called a brace, the other handler and dog are our bracemates). We walk up to the start line together (usually the entrance to a big pasture) with our puppies on leash. Two judges (on ATV or horseback) give us a quick overview of the course we have to walk. The course is usually through a big open field with medium cover (think knee high grasses and shrubs, some wetlands, some hills but no forest) and typically avoids fencelines or roads. They tell us to release our dogs at the same time, so we let the dogs off leash and start walking (very fast, and I'm a fast walker to begin with). The course is usually huge, much bigger than we could possibly walk in 20 mins.

Usually the puppies play a little bit and then get to work. The judges are looking for puppies who can ignore the other dog and handler, judges, ATV, horses, and spectators, hunt independently, cover lots of ground (move fast and steady across the terrain while still sniffing), use the wind to follow scent, and respond to their handlers' directions. If the puppies want to play too much, the judges will ask the handlers to split up a little bit to encourage the puppies to work independently. Usually you stick within about 10m (25ft) of your bracemate. Puppies can range anywhere as long as they stay visible and ahead of their handlers. (Puppies are often about several hundred metres/yards away from their handlers depending on breed. Rory ranges about 50-100m in real life and about 75-300m in field trials. It is an exhilarating exercise in trust in my training.)

The judges follow behind us and then spectators can follow behind the judges, if they want. We have to keep up a very fast pace to encourage the puppies to cover as much ground as possible, not at a jog but pretty close.

In puppy stakes, you want to keep as quiet as you can. The judges are looking for instinct and basic potential, so you don't want to ruin that by giving your dog tons of directions. If your puppy follows directions, that suggests they need directions to function. If your dog ignores directions, that's unresponsive and also bad. Ideally you shouldn't say much during your run unless there's danger (if a deer runs out, you would recall your puppy) or evils (if your puppy is eating poop, you could recall or redirect). You are allowed to chat with your bracemate but you have to hustle fast so it's usually friendly but minimal.

One important piece of open puppy stakes is that there are no planted birds in the field! There may be wild birds, but it's unlikely. Many people "over train" their bird dog puppies on live birds, and then the puppies get really frustrated that there are no birds in the field after they search so hard. This causes puppies to slow down or give up entirely during their run, so this is something that judges look for. In real life hunting, there's no guarantee of birds so it's important that puppies can work through frustration without losing enthusiasm.

The judges kind of shout directions (go left, head for those trees) from behind to keep us on course. In the best courses, the judges make you walk a loop, but sometimes your time ends in the middle of a field. When your time is up, the judges will thank you and tell you to leash your dog. We recall our puppies and put them on leash and walk them back to our cars for water and snacks.

That's the whole run for open puppy! It's very low pressure. The puppies basically just follow their hearts and do what they were made to do.

Derby is extremely similar, except there are birds planted in the field. The puppies don't HAVE to find birds but obviously its preferable that they do. If they find birds, they must point (stop moving and stand still staring at the bird). They don't have to be steady to flush or shot (they can chase when the bird flies or when the gun goes off), and only blanks are shot in derby. The course is a little longer but everything else is the same.

In open puppy and derby stakes, the judges are just looking for potential. They want to know if your dog would be competitive in the senior stakes, so they're looking for lots of independence, lots of bird drive, lots of stamina, things like that. Because they're judging potential, younger puppies may be judged a little easier than older puppies.

I think that's the gist of puppy stakes in CKC pointing field trials! Send me a message if you have questions about our experience so far!

[malkaviian]

random oc facts, of the "they have problems" flavor

[nixie-deangel]

Hmmm I’m gonna be boring with the same emojis again but these are the ones that most intrigued me 💐🍼💔

nothing wrong with boring! <3

💐 serial killer Jake - hangster

“Are you ever going to tell me how you can afford to drop the sort of money on me like you do?” Bradley asks as he snuggles into Jake’s side, tucking his head into the other man’s neck.  He feels, more than sees or hears, Jake humming in response to his question before he answers in a quiet voice.  “No real secret there, honey,” he says, “my family comes from a long line of cattle ranchers and the oil industry. And while I don’t do much with either, I do get a percentage of it. Plus I do specialized contract work.”

🍼 non navy bradley/fighter pilot jake as parents - hangster

continuing from this ask!

He felt his heart clench at seeing the hurt in those lovely hazel eyes he loved so dearly, “Baby,” he whispers again, bringing Bradley’s face closer, so he could press their foreheads together. Moving his left hand around, he tangled his fingers into the curls at the back of Bradley’s head, while he kept his right cupping his cheek. “Figured it out eventually,” Bradley whispers wetly, “on why they did it. Doesn’t make it hurt any less though. That they chose to honor a dead woman’s wish, instead of a living boy’s dream.”

💔 icemav break up / icedad

"What the fuck did you expect me to do, Peter?" Tom spits out angrily, shoving the man back from entering his house. He follows out the door, so they're standing in his driveway. Though he knows Bradley isn't home, that he's at school and won't see anything, he can't let the man into his home. Into the only sanctuary his child has left. "Did you expect me to go along with it? To hurt our child because you both are so blinded by your grief you can't see what it's doing to Bradley?"

Make Nixie Write This Weekend!

(will be taking them all weekend btw!)

[compacflt]

This is niche (maybe) but please share more about ice and mav at Oshkosh!! Do they go yearly? Or just the one time? Are they part of any aviation enthusiast communities???

yes yes yes!!! going to air shows is 100% a date for both of them. i feel like: a couple things:

- they’ve both probably seen the blue angels so many times it’s not super exciting anymore, and until they retire & become private citizens it’s also too big of a Thing for them to go, so they try to go to civilian/private air shows if they can

- one exception is fleet week for obvious rzns. They both probably have to do shit for fleet week on the reg. Ice especially

- i do keep thinking it would be funny for mav to do like a two year tour with the BAs at some point but there wasn’t room for that in the narrative so it’s Schrödinger’s headcanon

- before they retire their schedules are super crazy packed & don’t always line up, even if they request certain dates (like each other’s birthdays, Xmas, thanksgiving, Oshkosh etc) off in advance, so Oshkosh specifically doesn’t become yearly until after they retire. But after they retire they do annually fly in to Oshkosh in their p-51. lots of picnic lunch breaks in Reno/Omaha/Boise etc

- theyve been to the big international air shows (farnborough, Paris, NOT dubai for security/gay people issues, etc) together a couple times when they can swing it. (Me looking for any excuse to send them back to europe on vacation) but before they retire it’s also probably a Thing. So Thing-ness (public & Navy engagement etc) has to be accounted for when they’re planning their trip. they do have a responsibility to rep the Navy as best as they can etc etc

- Thing-ness also has to be accounted for when joining aviation enthusiast groups… after they retire & get married hell yes!!! they probably have a ton of civilian aviation friends & are pretty involved. not before their marriage though. It takes a while for them to come out of the hidden little shell they’ve been living in for thirty years & make friends as a real couple. but they do eventually.