#and drifting

[kazperthegh0st]

Lityerses would probably like Nascar. It doesn’t help that The Waystation is in Indianapolis. They live so close to the Indie 500 Track it is amazing. I also think Leo got him interested in it. Lit probably liked chariot races back in Ancient Greece (he was the son of a King, I know for a fact he would have gone to the races) and he probably told Leo about it and Leo’s like: “yeah but wouldn’t it be cooler if there weren’t horses and the chariots could go about 200 miles per hour.” And Lits like yeah ofc and Leo’s like: “let me tell you about this little thing called Nascar”

And then they went on a real nice date where they watched a Nascar Race together

[riacte]

not romantic not platonic but a secret third thing [what would happen between earth and the moon if the earth stopped spinning as illustrated by xkcd randall munroe]

[shandzii]

the beasts having a Might of the Ancients moment

[pinetreevillain]

Hahahah aaahhh HAHAHA AHHHHHHHHH

[whatcoloristhatcat]

this is an ❌❌ anti “boy cat”/“girl cat” zone ❌❌ your neutered male cat is not sitting on your chest and purring because he gives a shit about being a boy. he’s doing that because he’s a domestic animal that you house and feed and pet

[johnbottoms]

i literally wanna get better . does anybody else feel that way or is it just me and the bleachers

[kinky-cas]

the gaydar is inherited

[verflares]

krusie..................... (falls over)

[sjincer]

last time he saw “Drift” he was called Deadlock and was twice as big

and a helicopter. he was a helicopter.

[monsterblogging]

Links to Pacific Rim creator Travis Beacham's own posts on drift compatibility and drifting

Drift compatibility is psychological, not genetic

The better you know someone, the more likely you are to be drift compatible

Drift compatibility is potential, not fate

Drift compatibility can be a choice

Friendship is the foundation of drift compatibility

The drift requires trust

Trust is fundamental; also drift compatibility can be determined with anything that tests how well you can anticipate each others' moves

That even includes multiplayer video games

Many cadets wash out during Pons training when secrets come out in the drift and shatter their relationships

A lot of pilots get messed up by flinching over sexual thoughts

Trying to avoid thoughts just makes them worse

Not everything you see in the drift is always real; also the way to deal with thoughts is just let them flow by

Pilots communicate through "headspace"

Illustration of a conversation in headspace

First drifts can be very confusing, because partners don't understand each others' minds very well yet

The drift exposes pilots to each others' raw, unfiltered thoughts

Raleigh knew what Yancy was going to say

The drift doesn't let you read your partner's mind like a database, and you may not necessarily understand what you see. Also when Pentecost says he carries nothing into the drift he means he's calm and stable.

Pentecost gained this calmness through meditation

Trying to block your partner from your mind will make you lose control of the Jaeger

Pilots who fall below 90% sync will be in trouble

General information plus info on RABITs

You can chase your partner's RABIT

Another post confirming you can chase your partner's RABIT

More RABIT info

More general information

Travis Beacham defines ghost drifting

Partners' personalities can rub off on each other

Neural overload doesn't hit you all at once; it accumulates

The time a pilot can go solo varies, and it's a steep curve from fine to dead

More info on solo piloting

Being high in the drift probably makes it harder to avoid chasing the RABIT

[random-cockroach]

I have 'high quality' transformers content

[pharmasrightarm]

oops, still feral over pre-war Dead End Dratchet

(drift: you're rusting at every joint gasket: but isn't that doctor chummy with the cops? we're literal thieves??)

started with the headcanon that drift hung around the clinic like a feral wet cat for a while, then halfway through shading these, I started thinking, what if deadlock was an especially reliable assassin because he knew what kind of damage would make sure that even the best of the best couldn't bring you back

[madamadamiu]

What 5000 years of retirement and tlc does to a mech

[pretentiousfork]

Gossip buddies for @medicalgradezine

[pinetreevillain]

When u discover ur employee writes self insert fanfic about one of your old coworkers

@spectra-bear told me about First Aid’s crush on Springer