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Sorry if you answered this before, but I was just in an argument with a friend on whether or not Raleigh and Mako's relationship is romantic. He cited the scene where Mako spied on Raleigh undressing, I cited a quote from del Toro that said it was decided that there would be no romantic relationship. So, is it romantic, platonic, or supposed to be open to interpretation?

I’d love for it to be open to interpretation. There’s clearly some sexual tension there, but it never really turns into anything. I think if you asked them, they’d blush and stammer and excuse themselves without answering. Their relationship hovers in a kind of hinterland right now. And that’s realistic, I think. It’s honest. It’s a familiar place to people.

But who knows what will come of it? Not me, I don’t mind saying. I don’t really come at it with any agendas. If they fall in love, that’s alright, it’s a thing that happens to people. If not, that’s fine too. For me, being fair and respectful to the characters means letting them decide. You can’t impose your POV on your characters. You have to try to understand theirs.

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Are there some thoughts that are inaccessible, even during Drift? Like how Newt didn't know about the "Breach barcode" failsafe until the second time he Drifted with a kaiju, or when Raleigh seemed surprised to see that Mako installed a chain sword on Gipsy? If so, does that depend on compatibility (as in, the more compatible pilots are, the less likely this is to occur)? Can pilots choose what they reveal, like Pentacost; what did he mean when he said he brought nothing to the Drift? Thanks! :)

The thing to understand about the drift is that it’s not a database. You don’t know everything your partner knows all at once. You perceive your co-pilot’s thoughts and feelings as they happen.

And perceiving those thoughts and feelings doesn’t necessarily mean you understand them. The vocabulary of the subconscious can be quite abstract.

That said, you can no more conceal a thought from your partner than you could conceal it from yourself. They might not interpret it accurately, but they will invariably perceive the thought.

What Pentecost means about taking nothing into the drift is that he’s easy to get along with in there. He’s dealt with his issues. It’s not the raw memories or the subconscious imagery that poses a problem for your partner; it’s the trauma. Panic, anger, judgment — these are things that can really trip the bond up. Pentecost has made peace with his demons.

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Is there a particular convention for jaeger names? Are they all two words? Are military call signs required to be used?

They are all two words, and intended to have that vaguely strange, military code language flavor. The rule of thumb was that if it made total sense, it needed to be walked back a little. So if I was trying to name a UK Jaeger, “Big Ben” would get the axe before something like “Scepter Lion.”

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A Word on Mako...

It smarts a bit when people say Mako is dull or passive. Not just because I don’t agree, but because I identify with Mako — more than the conventionally active male heroes. Raleigh and Chuck are great, and I love them, but I’m just not those guys. I don’t really want to be. I don’t talk trash or get into brawls in the hallway or grab Idris Elba’s arm. Honestly, Raleigh’s a bigger leap for me than Mako. Mako is somebody I get, man or woman. She fixes robots. She likes swords. She’s a nerd. She’s funny. She has a bunch of random electrical equipment on her desk. She’s somebody I’d be friends with. She’s somebody I would trust. She’s the character I’d call if I was in a rough spot and needed help. It bums me out when people talk like they’d trade her for another sort of person. I wouldn’t dream of it.

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The Grammar of Pacific Rim

As with ships or cars, the convention is to refer to Jaegers as “she/her.” Kaiju are then called “he/him” or “it.” The distinction was originally made in the script so that I could use pronouns in the fight scenes without confusing who is who. Check out the difference below.

The kaiju lunges at the Jaeger. The Jaeger swats the kaiju away, sending the vast creature toppling through a cloverleaf interchange. The kaiju shakes off the concrete rubble and glares at the Jaeger.

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The kaiju lunges at the Jaeger. She swats him away, sending the vast creature toppling through a cloverleaf interchange. He shakes off the concrete rubble and glares at her.

Regarding plural forms, I tend to say “kaiju” for both the singular and plural, as one would with “fish” or “deer” or “aircraft.” “Kaijus” sounds too awkward to me for some reason — though it is used at least once in the movie. I imagine that both forms are considered correct within the universe.

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Re: Yancy - Anything about his characterization. He seems to be something of a foil to his brother and his appearances in the film and comic were fairly brief. All we know is that he's three years older than Raleigh and not exactly a morning person, what are some other aspects of his character?

In general, I think the most telling thing I could say about him is that he was better than Raleigh at a lot of things. Not in a way that he lorded it over his brother or anything. He just was. And Raleigh knew it. That’s part of why Raleigh doesn’t quite know what to do with himself after Yancy dies. He’s lost his reference point.

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Via canonness of the novelization: is the Mako/Raleigh kiss at the end of the book canon? Thank you!

No. The film version of events is what we’re going by.

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Hey Travis! I'm just curious as to how the Beckets traveled. Raleigh comes off as very working-class in the movie (Which was neat! Working class hero who isn't a redneck!) But families these days have to be pretty rich to do world travel. Were the parents embassy workers or something?

His father was a hydraulic engineer. Dams and the like.

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See what your followers think of you.

BLACK = I would date you. GREEN = I think you’re cute. BLUE = You are my tumblr crush. GREY = I wish you would notice me. PURPLE = I don’t talk to you but I really love your blog. TEAL = We have a lot in common. YELLOW = I don’t know you at all. ORANGE = I don’t like your blog. BROWN = I don’t like you. PINK = I think you are unattractive. RED = I hate you with a burning passion. WHITE = You scare me. RAINBOW = BED PLZ. SCARLET = You have influenced my decision/thoughts on something. MAROON = You taught me something new. CINNAMON = You’re a really cool person and admire you from afar. PERIWINKLE = You make me laugh MAUVE = You are really talented BLUSH = Seeing you on my dash makes my day a little better. CYAN = We have very little in common THISTLE = I only just started following you INDIGO = I’ve been following you for a long time FUCHSIA = Your blog content is gold COPPER = Your blog content is trash (and I love it) VERMILION = You make me feel passionate HONEYDEW = I want to call you by a nickname LAVENDER = You inspire me CORAL = You’re a meme UMBER = I want to know more about you FORGET-ME-NOT = You remind me of somebody RAZZMATAZZ = I would share my favorite food with you ARSENIC = I don’t know how to describe the way I feel about you WINE = You make me feel kinda funny, like when we used to climb the rope in gym class SAFFRON = I love your ideas TIMBERWOLF = I trust you FALLOW = I want to run through the Northern wilderness barefoot with you PLUM = I’d like to chat with you TANGERINE = I love your aesthetic SAGE = You make me cry CRIMSON = We should collaborate on something! VIRIDIAN = I wanna hang out on your blog CHARTREUSE = You’re my homie BURGUNDY = I get excited when I see posts from you

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rewatched Pacific Rim the other night so here’s some sticky note sketches!

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EXACTLY EXACTLY EXACTLY

Happy Chaleigh Friday, I'm thinking about them AGAIN

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Happy Chaleigh Friday, I'm thinking about them AGAIN

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Its so great seeing people talking about Pacific Rim in 2025!! Absolutely love your fics, they got me back into the fandom after awhile away <3.

I wanted to ask, is there any time of new content you hope to see in the future with Pacific Rim? I know news of a potential prequel has grown, but are there other types of content you hope to see?

Omg thank youuu, I'm always happy to see other fellow Pacrim fans!!

About the content I want to see one day: I think it'd be really interesting to get more development about other areas of the Pacrim lore that aren't overly related to the Jaeger program.

I'm hoping the prequel (which is confirmed and currently developing, I think) will show more about J-Techs and other branches of the Jaeger program, like the medical bay. For example, we know that some Kaiju parts are beneficial for human health, so how would the medical branch of the jaeger program use it on their favor?

However, I've always wanted to see what's beyond the first line. What about universities during the Kaiju years? What type of academic debates took place among scholars? What about arts? Imagine the songs that were composed, the references, the clothing being produced... During COVID-19, we saw humanity adapting. I think that our post pandemic world is rather a willing spectator for such exploration of the Pacific Rim lore.

Especially since a bunch of nations just signed a treaty to fight together against any upcoming pandemics in our future.

Also: Latine jaegers 😭🫶 I still can't believe there wasn't a single Latine Jaeger crew on the movie. There's so much to explore and have fun with on that front!!!

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Might go crazy and badly write the Chaleigh fantasy au that's been in my brain for months now

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Liking character is fun until you think about them and you just have to stare at nothing for a few minutes because of how tragic

And mauybe you are almost crying but you are having fun

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give me a first daughter AU where Chuck is Australian Prime Minister (the movie is called first daughter idk how else to spin this) Herc Hansen’s angry son. and when Chuck starts his first year of college he demands Herc get rid of the security he got for him. that’s when Herc hires Raleigh to pretend to be a student and follow Chuck around

everyone knowsss Raleigh would do more than just bodyguard. Herc is mad at Raleigh when Chuck introduces him as his boyfriend but can’t do anything that would give Raleigh away.

think of the unfortunate “lucky charm secured” scene or Chuck crying about the whole situation later (very sad). or him trying to make Raleigh, who’s still assigned to him but now acting the proper visible bodyguard part, jealous by making bad life choices.

just throw Chaleigh and any plot of early 2000s romcoms into a blender

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Commission scams v2

(Commission scams v2)

How it starts

(How it starts)

So you are a tumblr artist and you want to share your art into the void that is tumblr. You make a post, add the usual tags like ‘my art’, ‘artists on tumblr’, ‘digital art’, or event just ‘art’ in general. Then you hit post and watch it see how much attention your hard work will get. Maybe you even did a commission and your commissions are open so you may have even added ‘commissions open’ as an extra tag. Now you wait. Surely it’ll take forever to get any interest…But! Then you see it! A comment asking you if your commissions are open. It’s done within seconds of the post being made. What luck! You do have commissions open so you DM them because they asked you to.

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How it works

(How it works)

Once you message the account they will then tell you they want you to draw their pet or a family member such as their son. But they won’t take any offered payment methods that you have listed in your commissions post that they saw. Instead, they will ask you what your email address is so they can send you the money that way. Might seem odd but they claim they just have issues with using the links you offer. But they promise a high payment for this simple commission so you give them your email address and wait for the payment to come through. Unfortunately something goes wrong. There’s a new email from ‘PayPal’ but it’s claiming there’s been a little problem crediting your account and that you need to pay to upgrade it in order to receive the payment. So you do as stated but somehow this isn’t enough. Now you don’t have money, you lost some money too, and the account you messaged is threatening to get the local law enforcement after you if you can’t send them the money back. You get scared and start to panic. So you keep sending money and more money but nothings happening. However, if you calm down and pay attention you’ll likely notice the real issue.

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The fake PayPal email

(The fake PayPal email)

Upon closer inspection the ‘PayPal’ message you’ve received is fake and doesn’t come from the official PayPal email address. The account who contacted you is scamming you and has no intention to pay you and that’s why they won’t use any provided links. You’ve been scammed out of work and likely have lost more money than you wanted to lose.

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What can you do to avoid this scam?

(What can you do to avoid this scam?)

When posting art always keep an eye out for these kind of spam bots. They’ll comment asking you to DM them or comment asking you to DM them if commissions are open. You will eventually notice the repetitive comments across multiple posts they like too. Do not contact these accounts and instead block them and alert other artists about them.

(If you find this guide useful, feel free to commission me for art! Just adding it so tags are relevant and also to show off any of these bots that target posts lol)