#My Pacific Rim AU

[oranjeleeuw]

hows the pacific rim au going ???? its such a neat idea and i need ppl to draw concept art for it

DO I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU MY FRIEND

First of all, life happened and happened for good, I couldn't write much before but Now. NOW is the time.

I planned and plotted a lot during the whole year I first came up with the idea and I have a kind of strong base for the AU. I also have a brilliant beta by my side, my dear friend Frog (@faramircaptainofgender), so hopefully during this summer this idea will be shared with you all outside our little friend group.

I'll take this opportunity and shamelessly turn my answer into a main post for the AU.

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the title:

Human within the Machine

[brief synopsis]

The Nations of the world developed a simulation where future Jaeger pilots can practice for in-action cases. Max Verstappen outshines every other contestants in the history of drifting, there's only one problem - he's no team player.

Charles Leclerc is determined to stop the Kaijus and end their reign, once and for all. He lost his parents due to kaiju attacks, now he feels responsible not only to avenge their deaths, but to bring a brighter future to his brothers.

Jaeger engineering is living its golden age, there is money in it and many enthusiastic contestants who are not entirely aware of the horror that awaits them out at the ocean.

[disclaimer]

There’s no main plot (as in: I am not planning on detailed world-building neither to save the world from kaijus, I am smaller than that), the endgame is to get Max into an active combat where he drifts with Charles and they’re in the Il Predestinato (the legendary Jaeger that has been out of service for a decade, waiting for the right co-pilots). Everything before and in between are just themes I desire to explore within the possibilities of this AU.

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I have a playlist that helps me to stay inspired, songs are not in order yet though, but as I said earlier, chapters are meant to be kind-of standalone scenes, existing in their own moods and settings.

Each chapter will have its own chosen background music linked to them. I also added many symphonic songs just to get in the mood for some combat scenes.

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[good to know]

Roles: In the case of HwtM we have active and passive characters in this story. Due to the fact that many scenes are set in drift-memories, where not everything is factual and we are in the mix of memories and feelings, some characters will only appear and speak through these moments. Therefore they fall into the passive category - they are the legends. I will talk about them in their own post but the gist of it is what I wrote above, they cannot speak for themselves so we will only see them through tilted lenses: idolised, villanised, or the mix of both.

Which also means another thing - everyone is an unreliable narrator.

Teams and Jaegers: Since this is the golden age of Jaeger engineering, we will have many-many Jaegers. So far I named only a few, but to stay true to the source material, I'm trying to make them just as cheesy yet compelling as the ones were in the movies. The constructor teams from real life are not so different from what they represent in HwtM, but I altered some of their names to fit more into the world (older names or older sounding names of some teams since the future that Pacific Rim has is basically our present. I was aiming for some retro-vibe).

Here, they are different detachments under the Pan Pacific Defense Corps, in the Jaeger Academy division. I’m planning on working with Merc, Ferrari, McLaren, Williams and of course Redbull.

Mercedes is called Benz

Ferrari is called Alfa Romeo

Red Bull is Toro Rosso

The other two stay under the same name.

Ships to look out for: it is a Lestappen-centered story (if I am really honest with you, it’s Max-centered first of all) but on the side-lines we will look into some depths of Carlando, Galex and Maxiel in…some way. Please-please keep in mind, that these won’t be fully developed romantic relationships in the fic, I’m reporting from the minds and souls of these boys, objectively perceived scenes between them will be rare and much more comrade-like.

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That is all I planned to share for starters. Feel free to ask about the process or anything really, that is related to this project, it’s my beloved child and can’t wait to share it all with others!

[r0b0t1me]

had fun painting a sketch by @giantrobotslug

[nuzipilled]

i forgot to upload this! pacific rim au because i like robots. N is a traumatized veteran who lost his partner and uzi is a spunky rookie who breathes life back into him

[imagine-darksiders]

More mecha Monty for the soul :)

Fnaf mecha au

Y/n is also a janitor in this au, and is generally tasked with cleaning the exterior of the mechs.

MNT-3, or 'Monty,' has a bully for a pilot, and the mech really doesn't like him.

I'm thinking Monty ends up rejecting the pilot and the company spends days trying to hire a new pilot, all of whom are ejected from Monty's cockpit, until eventually, he puts in a request that has management reeling.

The only pilot MNT-3 wants as his partner is none other than the nobody cleaner who has no piloting experience whatsoever.

[fisherrprince]

back on my bs

[eeriedragone]

"Terrain scans indicate this biome contains unusually high concentrations of organic and fossilized remains."

This study/piece was once again a reminder that I should use references more often. It made such a difference :|

[doctorsiren]

more moth au

[foxglovecove]

More Newt and Hermann but make them jaeger pilots AU doodles

Here they are being nerdy in their official portrait

[tacticalanxiety]

Highlander Blue

Digital painting based on The Far Shore, Pacific Rim AU by @deadbranch.

If you haven't read it yet, DO IT. Do it now.

[dirchristophernolan]

rewatching pacific rim (2013, dir. guillermo del toro) for the nth time and it really is a cinematic masterpiece. the idea that the only way for us humans to defeat monsters is through effective global collaboration but more specifically, through people that are drift compatible, meaning SOULMATES who can be romantic partners or siblings or father and son or best friends or complete strangers with very similar experiences/traumas, and that the stronger their bond the stronger the jaeger and the better it fights, is just

[rooksunday]

they pull in all the remaining command class as a matter of course. fox doesn’t think anything of it—he’s performed this particular song and dance a dozen times by now and never been invited for a second date. this’ll be the same.

he picks up his staff. he bows. he slides a gaze to seventeen, who glowers back and snaps out a hand sign to pay attention.

he fights.

it is to fox’s distress that he discovers he’s drift compatible with quinlan kriffing vos.

[oranjeleeuw]

Lowest of efforts kinda pinterest collage but I had to create something visual for my Pacific Rim AU and this was faster than planning and drawing in details my version of a Jaeger inspired by f1 cars.

I'm finishing up the Prologue and hopefully before August I start posting the chapters. Exciting times!!

[cal-tastrophe]

Kylux Short Shorts Festival 2024 @kyluxshortshorts - my take on the prompt Not you. I don't know why, but the idea of this AU took form in my head pretty quickly. And since 200 minutes time was a challenge already (which I failed to meet miserably), I challenged myself even further and did a comic page (please open in new tab, the image resolution is better that way). And if I failed to depict what was clear in my head (often the case): This is a Pacific Rim AU. Hux is the mechanic of Starkiller, the Jaeger that Kylo Ren and his driftpartner Rey Skywalker are piloting. Kylo has the hots for his mechanic, and as much as said person is fond of the reckless Jaeger pilot, he is still somewhat concerend they may be seen together...

And Kylo? He just does not care!

[gerandor]

there’s absolutely no heterosexual reason for these two standing so close to each other

[imagine-darksiders]

Mecha-Monty?

Watched Pacific Rim for the umpteenth time the other day and got to thinking....

Sentient Glamrock mecha au...

I have all sorts of ideas as to how Y/n fits into this scenario. :)

[jekacatrina]

This might be the first week I won't have to work over 50 hours or the weekend, in like a month, and I celebrated by sitting down and writing Nobody Else, and here's a line that I loved:

“Remember the first time you drifted with me?” All Might asked. “It was all ‘Kacchan, Kacchan, Kacchan’”. He chuckled. “That boy was so alive in your mind, it was as if I knew him and cared for him already. You taught me how to love a kid I hadn’t even met.”

Don't you love love? 💚🧡