#cat dads icemav

[pollyna]

au in which Mav speaks a lot about their child, and Rooster gets insanely jealous of someone he doesn't know because he is supposed to be their only kid, okay?!

At least until Mav doesn't invite all the daggers to his home, and Ice is sleeping with said kid on Bradley's favourite armchair. But instead of a human child between the Iceman's arms, there's a cat. The cutest fucking cat ever seeing on the face of the planet but still, a cat.

Months later, Uncle Slider is still teasing him for being jealous of a cat while Ice pats his curles and "as if we would ever replaced you, baby goose."

[tomcat-tapes]

To anyone who is interested in my Top Gun Warriors AU here is the start of my fic!!

[thebahwrites]

No one asked me and that’s fine because that’s entirely my brand in here, but I saw a colleague’s tweet and just couldn’t stop thinking about it.

An IceMav dads + Rooster headcanon: With TGMs weird befuddled timeline and Bradley’s age being an ambiguous mess, all I  want everyone to consider is:

Bradley had a Tamagotchi. Tamagotchi’s were all the rage in ‘97/’98, so a teen-ish Bradley BEGGING to get one because every kid does and of course he gets one. But it’s a Tamagotchi and those of you who are too young to even remember the rage of it, those little shits were WORK. And it was a point of PRIDE TO KEEP THEM ALIVE for as long as possible. But to keep them alive you had to give them CONSTANT attention and I mean CONSTANT.

But also he was a teen in the Icemav household and you know Iceman was the kind of loving but stern parent that required Bradley to show grades and work. So the only condition for Bradley to get it? “You can’t take it to school most days so it won’t distract you.” (He could take it Fridays and maybe the week post-tests if results were good.) But also Ice would feel bad if Bradley’s tamagotchi died because Bradley really treated it like a pet. They didn’t have pets because everyone worked so much at all times, the feral cat that decided to inhabit Mav’s workshop did not count. Solution? Ice kept the tamagotchi while Bradley was at school. They did try to leave it with Mav but Mav’s ADHD nuked it on the first week, he could NOT keep it alive more than a few hours. 

So Iceman, in the late 90s and for a good portion of his YEAR, babysat a tamagotchi. He took pride in the fact him and Bradley managed to have SEVERAL 12-day (the oldest a Tama can be before dying of old age) pets.

Many of Ice’s underlings were in awe of it. Slider also helped keep the thing alive. In fact, it was a whole village effort before he handed it back to Bradley during weekdays and when not in assignments and whatnot. 

[mcu-and-buckybarnes-things]

Icemav’s marriage life head canon

Of course they couldn’t really have a wedding, but Maverick invited Viper and Ice Slider to their “special dinner”.

They exchanged their naval rings.

Viper was the cool dad who didn’t even know what was wrong with two men loving each other.

Slider, on the other hand, has been treating Mav like any cowboy dad would treat their son-in-law who dares to steal their precious daughter for all the years to come.

Maverick suspects Ice has always been having some kind of daddy kink for Viper but glad to see they are on good terms.

Ice has no problem with Mav and Slider taking every opportunity to bully each other. And he’s always on the winner’s side.

Mav would say “shame on you Iceman”, while Slider would get really upset if Ice is on Mav’s side.

Ice’s wardrobe is about 5 times larger, because, apparently, his status. Maverick on the other hand only needs three or four outfits, and they look mostly the same (you probably could figure that one out seeing him wearing the same design outfit 30 years later).

When Ice has to wear his velvet tuxedo for very formal occasions, Mav would be both amused and amazed. “Honey, you look so good I want to tear that thing off right now. No? Are you sure? Then can I at least laugh at your ridiculous tuxedo?”

Ice does the dishes and Maverick takes out the trash.

To everyone’s surprise Maverick is the reasonable one when it comes to spending money, not because he’s good at managing it, but because he has no where to spend it except for buying gears for his motorcycle.

Ice would buy a lot of new tech things, interiors, antique furniture, expensive wines, etc. But he earns much more, so…

Ice has always wanted a dog because he secretly thinks Mav is like one; and Mav has wanted a white cat because he always tells Ice “you know you are just like a cat”. And they reached an agreement that they would get both once they retired.

OK so much for today.

#icemav

[topgunreacts]

Things the Top Gun fandom has collectively agreed on

-Hangman did not come from Arkansas

-Jester was actually responsible for Goose’s death

-Phoenix is allergic to citrus

-Bradley Bradshaw’s nickname is Roux

-Bob has a huge cock

-Cyclone and Maverick are thrice divorced. From each other. All three times.

-Coyote cannot cook

-It was the British Royal Navy, not the US Navy, that helped create the Top Gun franchise, which is why there are so many mistakes made re: regulations (Ice’s frosted tips are a no go in the US but an optional hairstyle overseas)

-Iceman is a cat person, and he names them after sitting congressmen

-Charlie became Vice President of the United States following the original film

-Rooster is in love with Hangman even though Hangman brought up his dead dad purely to be a dick, because he’s into that shit

-Fanboy is a bottom

-Hangster is the new IceMav because Hangman and Iceman are both blonde and Maverick and Rooster are both brunette, plus they didn’t like each other, and also there is sexual tension and a height difference, which makes them more or less equivalent

-Maverick is afraid of boats

[babygirllinds]

WIP Masterlist

kitten - Icemav

Mav wears the collar Ice bought him to get what he wants in order to cure the feeling of emptiness he woke up with.

Very smutty (remember that self-indulgent fic I said I was writing a couple weeks back? Yeah, this is it)

Includes: dom/sub, cockwarming, slight daddy kink (I might indulge in this one more, but idk yet), dumbification/degradation, and I guess you could say petplay because Mav wears a collar and Ice calls him kitten/kitty, but Mav does not act like a cat

cowboy like me - Icemav

Song/lyric fic. Ice tries really hard to ignore the temptation of danger that is Maverick. He worked really hard to get where he was and his feelings for Mav could crumble that in seconds. Maverick is just in love and wants Ice to see that loving him might be worth the risk.

Smut/angst fic

This fic deals with Ice’s internalized homophobia and how he’s trying hard to ignore his feelings because it feels wrong, but also so, so right.

you’re my favorite secret - Icemav

Rear Admiral Tom Kazansky spent his whole life fighting to get to where he was. He’s the best of the best; entirely focused on his career and climbing through the ranks. That is until he meets a young lieutenant by the name of Pete Mitchell. He risks everything just to get a taste of life with Maverick in it.

Smut fic

Power imbalance relationship with a higher ranking military official. Obvious older man/younger man relationship with an age difference of 20 years (Ice will be in his 40s & Mav in his 20s)

stay in my arms - Icemav

Ice and Mav’s leave time lines up after months of not seeing each other and Mav invites Ice on a last minute road trip to go see Carole and Bradley. No matter how aloof Ice acts, he’s excited to be spending his time off with the man he’s in love with.

Smut fic that will most likely be turnt into a multi-chapter

Includes lots of mutual pining and only one bed trope!!!

words aren’t enough - Icemav

Sarah brings by a box of letters Ice had accumulated over the years, all addressed to one Pete Mitchell. Never sent and never seen, but holding all of the words he wasn’t brave enough to say. Maverick mourns a new loss in his life after already mourning the physical loss of Ice.

This is not smut! Surprise! I’d say it’s more T rated because of cussing and descriptions of homophobia, but it’s relatively tame for the most part, but lots of angst!!!

Descriptions of anxiety attacks and Maverick’s own internalized homophobia. Mentions of Ice’s death and how Maverick is navigating it.

the babysitter - Icemav

Pete is babysitting for the perfect family for extra money while in college. He adores the kids and the parents are absolutely gorgeous. He can’t help his budding feelings for the dad when he starts working from home rather than being out all the time for his job. He doesn’t plan on doing anything about his feelings, but then Tom Kazansky makes things difficult when he makes the first move.

Smut fic

Another power imbalance fic bc why not??? Obvious age gap relationship, but everyone is of age (Maverick is in his early 20s and Ice is in his late 30s)!!! Ice has a wife and kids in this one, folks, so cheating will happen

smooth operator - Icemav

Pete is straight… or so he thinks. He can’t stop thinking about Tom Kazansky — asshole extraordinare. He calls a phone sex line to help find where he stands on his sexuality. He asks for a man and winds up with someone named Ice. Ice is nice and comforting and he makes him feel good. He soon finds out that his true identity is someone he knows all too well…

Smut fic (I’m planning on making this a two-parter from both of their perspectives, but I only have some of Mav’s pov written at the moment)

AU!!! Frenemies to lovers type beat. Baby gay Mav trying to navigate his feelings for men (specifically Ice)

Let me Teach you a Lesson or Two - Icemav

Chapter 7: Tom decides it’s time to address his missing book but also rewards Pete for taking his pills consistently along with getting good marks on his recent exam.

Smut fic

Slips further into dom/sub relationship dynamics & soft dom!Tom really comes out to play (Pete finds out the wonders of being a rope bunny)

I saw him first - Slicemav

Chapter 2: Slider finds an opening when he catches Maverick alone in the locker room. Ice stumbles upon the two of them while looking for his RIO. The door ends up locked and Maverick finds himself being propositioned by both men. He’s shocked to say the least, but he’s not entirely opposed to the situation at hand.

Smut fic

Locker room sex because why not?

obey the motto - Slimav

Slider lives by the motto: flying comes first, loyalty comes second, and short pretty brunettes come last. Slider loves the feeling of being in the air, so he ensures he’ll do whatever it takes to keep that. Enter Iceman who becomes his pilot and makes sure they stay at the top by the way he flies. Then comes Maverick, the prettiest short brunet he’s met in a while. Then he witnesses the way Ice stares at Maverick and suddenly he’s reminded of his loyalty because without it, he’s not in the air being the best of the best.

Smut/angst fic

Lots of pining and unrequited love in here (between literally everybody). There will be lots of angst for Ice because Slimav is endgame in this

sweet on you - Slimav

Slider’s public distaste for Maverick to others is far from the truth. He finds himself with a soft spot for Maverick and enjoys the way they interact. It’s never-ending taunts and jokes that Maverick matches head on and makes Slider feel like he can be himself. Now he can’t stop picturing him in his bed and seeing how sweet on him he really was.

Smut fic

Friends to lovers and lots of pining

could this be more? - Slimav

Maverick keeps finding himself in someone else’s bed and then sneaking out in the middle of the night, but this time he finds himself sneaking out of bed with someone he knows personally. Slider proposes a solution.

Smut fic, possibly a multi-chapter fic

Friends with benefits to lovers!!! I’ve never done a FWB fic before so this is new, but I absolutely love the idea with Slimav

hungry for you - Slimav

Slider is face to face with temptation. Temptation’s name just so happens to be Pete “Maverick” Mitchell. Slider takes the leap and Maverick pulls him in further instead of pushing him away, much to Slider’s surprise.

Smut fic

Based on this post

you’ll always be taken care of - Goosemav/Icemav

Goose had always taken care of Mav — loved him with his whole heart. Then he dies. Goose watches Mav fall into a deep depression without being able to help. He aches to find a way to make Mav feel better again, but he can’t hear or see him. He then enlists the help of the one person who happens to hear him — Ice.

Starting out as an angst/fluff fic, but will most likely diverge into smut later on (if I decide to make this a multi-chapter)

Includes notes of depression & mentions of Goose’s death

shoulder to cry on - Icemav/Slimav

Slider is there for Maverick through his grief over losing Ice. Slider is hurting just as much at losing his best friend, but right now he’s just worried about making sure Ice’s husband is taken care of per his final request. Maverick knew that Ice was his soulmate, but somewhere along the way, Slider carves a spot into his heart.

Angst fic that will most likely diverge into a smut fic bc I can’t help myself

Everyone is hurting, then some pining happens

[kazanskys-mitchell]

What are some headcanons that you have of Iceman?

oh i love this ask so much

these are very random so bear with me here. some of them will also contain some icemav headcanons

he (secretly but not secretly) loves pastel and light colors. specifically green and light brown. his home is very aesthetically pleasing color-wise and i stand by this

he’s a plant dad. he loves plants, and as he gets older, he has a little garden in the backyard. he’s passionate about it and mav teases him (lovingly) about it

he loves animals, prefers cats. he just strikes me as a cat person. but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t love dogs too

he’s an amazing writer, has a way with words and loves to write poems

he loves to host big dinners for friends and family (BBQs, holidays, etc), having everyone he cares about under one roof makes him extremely happy

he’s absolutely 100% a tea drinker. he prefers to drink tea over coffee. i don’t really have an explanation for this one honestly

shows his affection with insults. he absolutely teases mav for being short but it’s how he expresses his love. he does this with his friends and family too

100% has OCD. he needs to have a routine, and if it doesn’t go the way he plans, it turns into everyone’s problem (he’s just like me fr)

this was fun to answer! feel free to send me more y’all i will answer these all day long

[crazyk-imagine]

Fic Recs

Top Gun + Top Gun: Maverick

Fics

Tom “Iceman” Kazansky

Head in the clouds // I get a kick out of you by @callsign-dragonbaron

Iceman Masterlist by @youlightmeupfinn

Risky business by @hotgirlmav

Pete “Maverick” Mitchell

Falling In and Out of Love by @youlightmeupfinn

Be my angel by @mitchellpete

Nick “Goose” Bradshaw

Gold Rush by @duchesstypewriter

Jake “Hangman” Seresin 

Good... Very Good by @enchanting-eloquence

Take me to bed by @siempre-bucky

Hangman Boyfriend x reader by @seasonsbloom

Pay your tab by @multifandomfanfic

Do not disturb by @callsign-valley

Icarus and the moon // Pt.2 by @reverierogers

The last word by @sunlightmurdock

Parling spots and Matcha Lattes // Filet mignons and parking spots by @withahappyrefrain

Who did this to you? by @justfandomwritings 

Hangover by @stillsaltyaboutmcr

Robert “Bob” Floyd 

Misquoute by @welcome-to-writers-haven

You look good in yellow by @cowboybeepboop

Top Gun Nine-Nine by @3tabbiesandalab

A friendly push by @skvatnavle

Stiff competition by @roosterforme

Under the burning sun by @skvatnavle

Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw 

Pursuit by @sunlightmurdock

Remember You Even When I Don't by @beyondthesefourwalls

Blurbs

Plan G by @letsgotothefantasyworlds-blog

Hangster and reader by @callmefirefly

Icemav and Hangster by @ouizzyharringrove

Icemav by @writernothingness

Hangster by @fangirling-tussisque-noncaelatur

Hangster by @fangirling-tussisque-noncaelatur

Over text by @fxderchen

Writers

@hederasgarden

@callsign-dragonbaron

@jakeseresins

@callsign-phoenix

@callsignbob

@topgun-imagines

@imjess-themess

@augustinescruelsummer

@bradshaw-fanclub

Outer Range

Fics

Rhett Abbott

The Duality of Man by @3tabbiesandalab

Branded // Part 2 @3tabbiesandalab

Writers

@hederasgarden

@rhettabbotts

Stanger Things

Fics

Eddie Munson

June Baby // Part 2 by @luveline

Wrapped around your finger by @lilacletter

I was made for lovin’ you by @milkiane

The stars at lover’s lake by @stranger-nightmare

More pushin’ for the kushin’ by @innerstrawberryheart

Mystery Girl by @munsonslove

Single dad! Eddie drabbles by @luveline

Everybody’s talking up a storm (act like they don’t notice) by @iliaclwrites

Writers

@hellfireclubmember

@luveline

Steddie 

Mouse Trap by @wordynerdygurl

Blurbs

Reader and the older kids by @josephines-simps-fics

Dustin calling Steddie his dads by @thegoblinking06

Bridgerton 

Fics

Benedict Bridgerton

An artist’s touch by @mrsbbridgerton

I love you as one loves certain obscure things by @letterstotheflre

Happy birthday, Mr. Bridgerton by @fayes-fics

Sonnet #29 by @fayes-fics

As a kite by @saintlike78

Touch: the following autumn by @eleanor-bradstreet

Anthony Bridgerton

Are we friends? // More than friends by @fayes-fics

Exquisite beauty by @tontattletale

Five sense of love by @libraryofloveletters

Right in front of me by @idontgiveaflyinggrayson69

Writers

@butterflybuckethat

Marvel

Fics

James “Bucky” Barnes

Comfort by @crewhonk

What a peach by @angrythingstarlight

Super soldier by @kyloxox

Hawaii Five-0

Fics

Steven McGarrett 

And Then Some by @slutforsilverfoxes

Too Tired to Move by @hawaii5-0gurl

Writers

@slutforsilverfoxes

@hawaiifiveoh

Everybody Wants Some!!

Fics

Finnegan 

Count on it by @marvelandotherfandomimagines

What’s the consensus? by @callsign-cacti

Triple Frontier

Fics

William “Ironhead” Miller 

A nice night in the middle of July by @merakiaes

Other

Reptile by @lustinglilac

Francisco “Catfish” Morales

Angel of Death 

Star Trek

Fics

Spock

The great, green room by @lucycola

Other

Spot the cat

Teen Wolf

Liam has a crush on Scott’s Girlfriend by @bonniebird

Puppy Sitting by @bonniebird 

Stiles sister by @bonniebird

I may have made her mad by @bonniebird

Huffing and puffing by @bonniebird

Teen Wolf master list by @fandomnsfw

Derek Hale by @twjournals

Writers 

@bonniebird

Other fics

Show me the stars by @vladviago

Find the lady by @bluebellhairpin

Well played by @beautifultypewriter

Soft boy by @omg-imatotalmess

Happy Birthday by @rocknrollmj

Softer by @dpimagines

Master list of master list by @blog-of-a-multitude-of-fandoms

Ted Lasso

Fics

Jamie Tartt

Operation: Tarrt’s Heart by @theowritesstuff

Good Friend by @pandorasprongs

Say that again by @iwritefandomimagines

The Proposal by @creationcitystreet-em

Dress by @its-time-to-write

I’d be better armed if you agreed to take it. by @pandorasprongs

Through the lens by @katsu28

It’s just wanderlust by @its-time-to-write

Glitter on the floor by @its-time-to-write

One Piece (Live Action)

Vinsmoke Sanji

Distractions by @obscure-imagines

Dracule Mihawk

What you really want by @obscure-imagines

Misc

Friends with Benefits... or something else? by @violetrainbow412-blog

Best man I ever knew by @farfromharry

I’m not like them by @starsofmilos

What’s in front of us by @iguana-eyanna

Bet by @hotchsstuff

Persuasion by @aemonds-sapphire

Sebsxphia Master List

DPS post

Plus, a shameless shoutout for myself ;) @crazyk-imagine

[nade2308]

GIFS AND EDITS MASTERLIST POST 2

So the first masterlist hit the 100 links limit which I was not aware of (was updating it with some of my other gifs from previous fandoms), so here is a second one

Previous mastelist: one

Top Gun/Top Gun Maverick

Mav at Ice's funeral ("How to save a life" by The Fray)

Tom and Val end credits

Locker room gifset: part 1 || part 2

American Made

The moment you realize that you have to do the craziest fucking shit for work...

Barry piloting

Barry at the diner

Barry and the cross (+icemav headcanon)

Barry and the kiddo

"You need to behave"

Barry gifset "Louisiana man")

We are family

Hold on

Edge of Tomorrow

Bill in the car gifs

Boy in handcuffs gifset: part 1 || part 2

"I am not the ghost you are to me": part 1 || part 2

Jack Reacher 2012

Jack handling the rifle

You are not cut out for the real world

Sad boy

Tear gif

Shaky hand gif

Soft boy at the bar

Shirtless Jack gifset: Part 1 || Part 2 || Part 3

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

Shirtless Jack 🥵

Jack watching Sam sleep (major Jack dad vibes)

Oblivion 2013

Jack and his little plant

Jack and Vika shower gif

Jack Harper shower gifs

Oblivion Jack and Julia gifsets (Pablo Neruda, "I love you without knowing how"): post 1 || post 2

Jack eating out of Vika's hand + coffee gifs

Jack waking up ("Pluto" by Sleeping at Last)

Mission Impossible

Ethan + softness: Part 1 || Part 2 || bonus/outtakes

Smiley Ethan in Ghost Protocol

The Last Samurai

Nathan getting ready for battle: Part 1 || Part 2 || Part 3

War of the Worlds

Ray crying gifset ("Broken" by Lifehouse)

Black Sheep Squadron

Jim gif (1x04)

Jim cleaning his gun gifs (1x04)

Greg manhandling Jim gifs (1x04)

Crying Jim redux (1x04)

Up for grabs screenshots (1x08)

Jim choking on his drink gif (1x11)

"We're getting into a rut, darling." Redux (1x16)

Greg and Meatball gifs redux (1x16)

More Greg and Meatball gifs redux + Jim (1x16)

Hair ruffle gif redux (1x16)

Greg 1x18 gifset ("Over my head" by The Fray): Part 1 || Part 2

Greg 1x18 gif ("Over my head" by The Fray)

Greg getting down from his plane

Boys and Iraki

The Wild Wild West (TV show)

First post

Video from 3x18

Black and white imps

Jim and Arte gifs (3x21)

Scared Jim: Part 1 || Part 2 || bonus gif

The Night of the Big Blast gifset

Arte and the violin (1x05)

The Night of the Fugitives gifset: Part 1 || Part 2 || Part 3

Video from 2x04

Reunion gifset (4x07)

Imps on the train gifset (4x07): Part 1 || Part 2 || Part 3

Jim and cat gifset (4x07)

Another 4x07 gifset

Jim/Arte meta

Jim slapping himself awake (3x20)

Two imps

Jim and THAT coat

National Handwriting Day post

The Gypsy Warriors (1978)

"Brother let me be your shelter"

Shelly Alhern edit (Med AU)

Teddy Brinkerhoff edit (Med AU)

Boys on the horse

Teddy cocking his gun gif

Shelly gif

Parallels

Helen and Jack parallel

Jack Reacher cuffs parallel

The coffee twins

Mitch and Barry parallel

Mission accomplished parallel

Miscellaneous Tom Cruise edits/gifsets

Tom Cruise in The Late Late James Corden Show Primetime Special, 27.04.2023: Part 1 || Part 2

More Tom Cruise in The Late Late James Corden Show Primetime Special, 27.04.2023: Part 1 || Part 2

The Graham Norton Show, Season 20 Episode 4 with Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Jude Law, Catherine Tate, and Kings of Leon, 21.10.2016: Tom and Cobie cute moment

[slidersimp]

i just wanted you to know i think about “at my side” every day. how adorable Tess is how amazing the usage of ASL is, plus found family and dealing with trauma and icemav and mavdad 😭 it’s a fic specifically catered to me!! i’ve been trying to make my way through your other fics but at my side gives me comfort so i’m rereading it yet again. i love that you included the picture of inspiration for piper and tess theyre BEAUTIFUL animals

Me, looking at the absolute devastation I have in my docs to kick off chapter 4: haha angst who???

But seriously though, thank you so much!!! You've really got me crying at the club rn omg this is so sweet! Honestly I feel very similarly about this fic, I'm the one who wrote it and it still feels catered to me, it's very funny. My sister has made fun of me so much for it, the amount of tie-ins to my real life is unreal. The ASL is less personal but definitely something I'm very into as I'm studying it at the moment but omg the trauma and the found family is sooo close to me. A lot of the stuff I've been writing about with Mav is very informed by my dad's experience with PTSD, Mav has it worse but that experience has definitely given me a window into seeing what if might be like for Mav. For people with PTSD, community is really important to the healing process and just making them remember they have people around them, and for Mav I think that would be getting his family all together which is what I'm trying to do with this fic. Hence the found family, which is also one of my favorite tropes.

Not to mention, I think my experience with my dad also informed me on how PTSD doesn't just affect the person who has it, like obviously Mav has it the worst but it hurts to see someone you love in a state like that, so Mav's family is going to do everything they can to help him. Some of that works itself into the fic unintentionally on my part, but I see it there in the moments with Bradley and especially in how Slider is acting around Mav. (Omg Slider in this fic too, I wrote it and I'm still like what the hell, how did he get such a main role in here?)

And then of course the animals! I'm so much more of a dog person than I am a cat person (I love cats, I have absolutely nothing against them, I think they are wonderful, lovely creatures) but DOGS. Omg. I have had dogs that have been so fucking smart they could probably do math better than I could and I have had dogs that are funny and silly and sometimes a little stupid but I love them!! I love Tess and I love the idea of her being a wonderful conniving genius and I love the idea of her supporting Mav and helping him and just jakghkjskjsd. Also I'm glad you liked the pictures! I had to include them lol, they're so beautiful, I think if I saw Tess (the real one because I stole her name too) in person I'd just die on the spot. She's gorgeous.

I just realized I didn't talk about Icemav! I have so many feelings about them because their situation seems soooo difficult to me considering their work and their shared trauma. The end of the last chapter was me kind of trying to address those complications but I'd really love to get into that going forward. I will be writing some solid Icemav fluff for this fic I swear.

Omg okay I need to wrap this up but thank you soo much you've inspired me to keep writing and I really hate that I have to do homework today instead of just writing this fic omg. I'm so sorry chapter 4 has been taking me so long but I am trying and I can't wait for you to read it!!

[wasp-coffee]

(from your pinned post)

1. Who’s your favorite character & why are they your fave?2. Who’s your least favorite character? 3. Who’s an underrated character? 4. What’s your favorite ship? 5. What’s an underrated ship?6. What’s a ship you don’t understand? 7. What’s a ship you dislike?8. What would your callsign be?9. What’s your favorite scene in either movie? 10. Favorite part of the soundtrack from either movie?

thank you for the ask anon :)

1. kdmskdnbzjsjsnxkzjdnsndhxjddh I adore Maverick he's such a little fucking angry cat at times its so endearing. (short people rights!) He's such a jackass (i love him your honour) and he's such a lovable main character.

Huge Iceman fan, love the non regulation dyed hair and chewing gum habit; he is the moment. He's trying his best, being an absolute legend, and looking swaggilicious doing it.

2. In the original? no one. They're everything. In TGM? Penny (see below)

3. probably Goose, obviously everyone loves him but he sometimes sits in the back of my cerebellum on his piano in his Hawai'ian shirts. Fashion icon, the best friend, a great husband/dad and an all around amazing dude. He's such a presence when hes on screen that his death really takes the air from your lungs and leaves you just devastated.

4. Icemav. There's nothing else that really comes close except for the ICONS which are Goose and Carole.

Its really the combination of the acting, the script, and the fact that TGM basically confirmed that they've been married for the last fourty? years. So much so that (imo) tgm only had Penny to distract from them being literally so blindingly queer. Its like 70% of the usual romantic beats and no payoff (unless you're operating on the correct brainwave frequency).

5. probably Wolfman/Hollywood tbh those guys are just coasting happily, no drama, just vibin'

6.+ 7. Rooster/Phoenix, Goose/Maverick, Bob/Hangman, Iceman/Slider - none of them make sense to me and it just seems unnecessary to take two perfectly good friends and try and make 'em romantic. I dont have anything against people who do ship them but for me personally its just not it.

8. I have absolutely no idea. Callsigns are usually decided by other people and they're never something good so most likely "Grumpy"

9. the volleyball–

(rant/essay begins here)

From Top Gun 1986, probably the scene in the 'O' club where Mav and Goose serenade Charlie (the whole piece says so much about their characters and how they interact with everyone including Ice and Slider) Its a hilarious introduction to really most of the cast and it clearly defines the characters who we don't know much about. It also makes the next scene HILARIOUS.

ALSO THE GUY WHO'S CHARLIE'S DATE IS THE REAL VIPER! Pete 'Viper' Pettigrew (real name) who was the technical advisor on the film and a Top Gun Instructor.

+ the final tower buzz with Iceman and Maverick, it gives the film a beautifully circular structure from the beginning and you just know Stinger screamed the house down afterwards. It shows the unity between Iceman and Maverick which as we know continues until Ice's passing fortyish years later. It also shows a real development for both of them from Mr Ice-cold-no-mistakes and Maverick who we can see has more of himself back (like at the beginning of the movie) after Goose's death.

(Imma stop here before i write an essay)

10. 1986 has such an iconic soundtrack - I wasn't a big fan of TGM's admittedly it was far too orchestral for a sequel to rock and roll in the skies.

They should have used modern rock/pop music because it doesn't make sense otherwise the mainly orchestral score doesn't conjure the same ridiculous excitement that the original does. It sounds like any other Marvel movie at times and it really got under my skin in places.

Top Gun 1986 uses Danger Zone three times. THREE.

The score was largely orientated around Penny and Maverick (WHICH IS WRONG) which took away a lot of the emotional weight of Iceman and Mav's relationship friendship.

"but Wasp take my breath away was used in the same-"

Firstly, ik ik. Secondly take my breath away is a fucking banger (thanks Harold) and it fit in snugly with the rest of the soundtrack.

Most of TGM is about Iceman and Maverick, between the guardian angel motifs EVERYWHERE and Iceman's critical role throughout the movie. If anyone should've had a theme it should have been them.

Fight me in the notes.

Penny was thrown in to add stakes if (theoretically) Mav didn't make it back alive she was used to "WELL ACTUALLY-" Rooster's earlier statement about Mav having nothing to loose (and to attempt to make the film considerably straighter) She was three lines from 1986 made into an easy love interest.

(I could probably come up with a considerably better soundtrack on the spot and I don't even want paid!)

(rant over)

Memories by Harold Faltermeyer - the little bit of instrumental that plays when Goose dies and when Maverick is thinking about his dad - Its so striking and sort of whimsical even though its used to convey sadness and grief.

GREAT BALLS OF FIRE (self-explanatory) It was a masterpiece in 1986 and its painfully nostalgic in 2022 (oww my heart, Rooster)

Playing With The Boys - Kenny Loggins strikes again. Banger of a song played over one of the most memorable scenes in movie history, its a brilliant breath of fresh air and so FUN you forget for a few moments that it's a war movie. Great song, great scene and once its embedded in your skull you're going to need an industrial drill to get it out.

thank you for the ask anon :)

[erssogood]

you didn't reblog it but thats okay. i love talking to you on a day to day basis. i love sharing curated tiktok feeds with you. i love talking about hockey with you. i love talking about bobster and icemav and the nat/bradley/bob friendship and the jake/javy peloton girlies and mickey and reuben being nepo babies. i love talking out the hockey au with u. i love seeing how much you love hockey now. i love seeing pictures of your cat and hearing about ur dads adventures and going house hunting on zillow for fictional characters. u are a complete joy to have in my life and this is totally anonymous u have no idea who i am

Not a single clue on who this could possibly be not at all. And also

A geno in thanks

[kazanskys-mitchell]

iCeMaV KiTtY cAtS

YES YES ICEMAV KITTY CATS

they are dog AND cat dads and i stand by this 100%!!