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"Why'd you pull my papers at the academy? Why did you stand in my way?"

For me it's the fact that Maverick, knowingly or unknowingly, placed the same roadblock in Bradley's path that he himself faced. He pulled Bradley's papers because of what happened to Goose, because Carole (and maybe Maverick too) feared the same fate would befall Bradley.

We know from the 1986 film that Maverick was rejected because of his own father and the circumstances surrounding Duke's death in action: "They wouldn't let you in the academy cause you're Duke Mitchell's kid."

Both Maverick and Bradley are kept out of the academy because of the ways in which their fathers' died. Both, despite this, still become pilots, still attend top gun. . .

There is something inside both of them, an intrinsic trait that makes them persevere. Maverick places the same roadblock in Bradley's path and he manages to overcome it just like Maverick did, maybe because through Maverick's influence Bradley turned out to be a little bit more like him than Maverick expected or wanted.

I think it's easy to compare Rooster to Iceman and Hangman to Maverick--they are definitely similar, particularly in their flying. But the truth of the matter is that there is a lot of Maverick to be found in Rooster, in Bradley, and I think on some level this absolutely terrifies Maverick.

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I feel like some protector by role model is very petemaverickmitchell

I will not be expanding upon that thought at the moment, I'm just going to put it out there

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Actually. Fun fact. I'm like afraid to like songs now.

I had five hundred some liked songs on my old account, no joke, and now I'll like five songs and freak out and unlike them because "oh no what if I change my mind" [insert eye roll directed towards self]

Guyyys put a finger down if. . .

. . .you made a spotify account in high school (with your high school email address [you know, like a high schooler]) and then years and years later after you graduate college you get locked out of it for no apparent reason and you don't remember your password (which is a totally normal cool thing btw) and you try to change you password but then it occurs to you that heyyyyyyy your high school email doesn't actually exist anymore and after several days you come to terms with the fact that guys, we lost this one and so you start a whole new spotify account and it's just like a blank slate and so ominous but also dare I say. . .promising??? like omg I can reinvent my secretmusicpatchworkself now!!!

GUYS.

GUYSSSS. PUT A FINGER DOWN.

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Guyyys put a finger down if. . .

. . .you made a spotify account in high school (with your high school email address [you know, like a high schooler]) and then years and years later after you graduate college you get locked out of it for no apparent reason and you don't remember your password (which is a totally normal cool thing btw) and you try to change you password but then it occurs to you that heyyyyyyy your high school email doesn't actually exist anymore and after several days you come to terms with the fact that guys, we lost this one and so you start a whole new spotify account and it's just like a blank slate and so ominous but also dare I say. . .promising??? like omg I can reinvent my secretmusicpatchworkself now!!!

GUYS.

GUYSSSS. PUT A FINGER DOWN.

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What if I said I was gonna write a top gun fishing trip fanfic??? What then??

👉👈

I have so many thoughtsss and plans. . . should I take action or should I remain stagnant?

ITS THE SUMMERTIME THE SUMMER HAS INFECTED MY BRAIN AND ITS MAKING ME WANT TO WRITE SUMMERY FANFICTIONS!

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me casual, genuinely interested: what's in the box?

me, to myself, in realization: what's in the box?

me adamantly for the next minute in a half: what's in the box?!! what's in the box!!!!? what's in the boooooxxxxxxx?????????

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Thinking about Daniel LaRusso. Specifically thinking about the theory that Daniel is the villain/bully, and just how he's not??? Like he just isn't and it pisses me off to hear the Danny slander!

Daniel LaRusso is not the villain. What he is, is a flawed character. I think the "Daniel LaRusso is the real villain" mentality is so stupid because what? Is he supposed to be perfect?!? He's a complex character and that's part of why I love him and I love the Karate Kid franchise.

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Sometimes I pretend like I'm a fictional character so I can get things done. And sometimes that fictional character isn't very productive so I get nothing done.

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I had a moment like this with homemade dynamite by lorde because (and this is not a revolutionary statement) that song is sooo sooo sooo soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo obviously about icemav.

It's just a normal night of me doing my laundry while casually listening to t swift and all of a sudden I'm like h o l y s h i t labyrinth is literally icemav 😯

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When I tell you genuinely—

genuinely—

genuinely, this edit has me screaming, crying, throwing up. I'm so happy because it is so beautiful, but I'm rolling on the floor in agony because it is so beautiful

posting this here too bc im incredibly proud of it

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I love this. I am obsessed with the way the fic works off the themes of the poem. Literally can't think about one without the other anymore. If I revisit the poem, I have to go reread a bit of fic. If I revisit the fic, I have to go back and reread the poem. I love when art interacts with art so much!!!!!!!!!

Highly recommend Marrying the Hangman

so i just read marrying the hangman and i need to know: please help me understand! WHO IS THE HANGMAN??? i feel like i missed something important i am looking at the chapter titles for clues and i still don't get it😥

Did you read the poem? It helps to think about the theme and message of the original text. There’s a lot in there about who gets afforded what options when pushed into a corner

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So I wrote another thing. . .

Just playing around with ideas that keep bouncing back and forth in my head. Take a look if it's your thing, I'd love to hear what you think.

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I just want to say that I just watched inception and apart from having a mental breakdown I have acquired a new ship.

look at them. . .

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I'm still getting over the embarrassment of thinking lmao was slang for lame. . .let's not talk about it, cause I'll probably cry. . .

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for some reason i've stumbled across a lot of icemav fics the past few days and all of them have this running theme of communication and consent and boundaries and as someone on the ace spec it makes me so happy that this is something in blatantly discussed in fics it just makes me so happy

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My professor. . .😤 love him dearly but that man cannot accept the complexity of literature. He's like some people say this but those people are idiots this is the real anwser.

LIKE SIR! Two things can be true! "Some people read this as a commentary on the dangers of colonization but really it's about EVIL." SIR?!?! I THINK THOSE CAN BOTH BE TRUE?

(Also I don't know how to spell anwser! I am so sorry!)

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When I say I'm into twilight. . .I'm not in it for canon content. I never read the books and I've watched like 1.5 of the movies. I'm into twilight for the rare gay fan content that's actually fire. Also Kristen Stewart. I'm a fake fan; I'm sorry.

Also that song from the baseball scene is very nice.