#the 86 crew

[purplearrowzandleather-blog]

Maverick: I'm tired

The '86 Crew: Mav? Are you... okay? You're never tired

Mav, looking one wrong step away from fainting: *sniffs* I'm exhausted

The '86 Crew: You want a hug?

Mav: Please?

The '86 Crew: *Hugs Maverick*

Maverick, seconds later: I just had the best idea! Anyone want to go skydiving?!

The '86 Crew: He didn't even take a nap??????

[yeagrave]

my fave throuple

[hang-a-roo]

The ‘86 crew at the Hard Deck watching their 14 aviators do what they do:

- Hangman and Rooster flirting obliviously -

Maverick: God, Ice, tell me we weren’t this bad.

Ice: We weren’t-

Slider, Wolf, ‘Wood, Chipper, Sundown, and Merlin: You were.

[justlike-awoman]

"To be honest, in the nicest possible way, they were always too big for their boots. They always had very grandiose schemes in terms of the lighting rigs and the sound equipment they wanted, which were generally too big for the venues we had to try and put them in."

Ex- Queen roadie, head of road crew & FOH sound engineer John Harris in Queen: Magic Years - A Visual Anthology, vol. 2 (1987) (X)

[pollyna]

au in which Mav and Goose are part of the ground crew and Mav moons over a particular pilot inventing the most idiotic dance to have his attention.

[zeb-z]

“Even if it’s not my fault, it’s still my accident, it’s still my mess. It’s still something that - exists, because I do” oh. and he just doesn’t know another way to help, either, because all his life has been screwing up without helpful direction in order to meet impossible standards, and so there is no other way than to bleed himself dry. for the cause, for a friend in need, for anyone he doesn’t know. especially for the problems that he himself creates, because to him his pure existence has always been the problem, because the elders were fucked as hell and traumatized him to no end - so even causing problems is a sin. a single mistake is a sin. it always has been. and it’s rough trying to learn anything other than that mindset - but Jay and Chip won’t let him struggle alone.

and it’s like - that’s what comes with being raised the way he was. punished for imperfection, but there’s no guidebook, no definition of perfect. and so perfect is never good enough anyway. it’s a trap and there is no winning, so there’s nothing else to do but take the blame and bear it, and internalize it. and it makes actual failure and actual mistakes that much more painful. of course responsibility needs to be taken for your actions - but when you’ve been taking responsibility for everything, up to and including the literal fate of the world, all of your life, every outcome is your fault. and guilt only builds, and resentment only festers. of course he hates the elders for how they treated him. of course he hates himself.

he’s grabbing his own destiny and making his own choices - but the thing about making your own choices is that there are so many of them. there’s no destiny to blame anymore. and all you can do is the best you can. and it’s not always going to be good enough. he’s learned plenty about failure, but with Jay and Chip around, maybe he’ll learn about second chances, and self forgiveness. maybe he’ll learn that accidents aren’t always met with extremes. and that he’s not the only one left to deal with a mess if he slips up and breaks something.

[cyclopsboxhead]

Mike Crew, determined to not be another victim became exactly that. He searched for power in many corners of the universe through several sources but was ultimately powerless. It’s not an uncommon theme in the Magnus Archives, but it is a shame we never got to see this character again. At least I think so, cause I never really knew why “The Coming Storm” or Mike in general felt like afterthoughts in my head for the longest time? I’d latched onto characters that appeared far less. On relisten I realized it was probably because he dies in the same episode he’s truly introduced. 

Mike would’ve been an interesting candidate for Jon’s position, as his search for power is very similar to Jon’s own search for knowledge in Season 3 (definitely an intentional parallel). I wonder if Mike had managed to stay alive until Season 4 could he have successfully pulled off a master ritual? It did seem like he was content to stop once he found the Vast though, he doesn’t talk much about the other powers he never found, at least not directly. There are plenty of moments in his story that could lean into other entities if his own fear pulled them that way. The DARK upside down forest, him being HUNTED by the Lichtenberg figure all his life, even the lightning scar he’s most recognized for could’ve easily been a desolation mark if it was the burning and the fire that really got to him, or the loss of his parents in that house because the Desolation is not just fire!! It is losing, the destruction of things you love. Which in its own funny way can tie into the Lonely etc.

The more you think about it the more the lines between these entities are very blurred and which one takes center stage for any given event is entirely subjective to the audience. Sure, monsters and servants can have some sway, but you don’t really see anyone trying to “get” someone that isn’t already skewed toward that entity in the first place, whether through their own personal fear (like Paul MacKenzie from A Sturdy Lock, or Benjamin Hadid from Tucked In), or just the nature of their life putting them adjacent to it (like Karolina Gorka from Underground, Jordan Kennedy from Pest Control, or Rosa Meyer from Observer Effect). The second one is always more of a challenge so the end result may vary.

[wheelerpupfan]

Weekly Wheeler (86)

February 24, 2024

[thebahwrites]

SHOCKWAVE ASK FOR U MA DEAR

what are the rest of the 86 crews powers if ur willing to share?

also does mav's adhd translate directly to his temporal blahblah inability to stay still?

YOU'RE DOING AMAZING SWEETIE LOVE U

YEAAAAHHHH BABEY I'm home now so I can actually sit my butt down to answer, I can give details and stuff but here's the '86 crew's powers! Anyway I love you thank you for asking I'M AAAAA ❤️❤️❤️❤️

(Under the cut because I already know I'm gonna rant.)

Iceman: Cryokinesis (both creation & control, he removes moisture from the environment and his own body if needed be) Slider: carbon-based adaptive body armor (metal/rock/etc he can cover himself and adapt it to the situation at hand) Maverick: [redacted] speeding. Goose: Psionic force fields, darling~ got that protective streak in him! Hollywood: Soundwave manipulation! Both offensive (as in ultrassonic, etc) and defensive (mimicry, echoing, so on!). Don't let him whistle near you. Wolfman: GUESS WHAT yeah he's a wolf shifter but unlike Coyote he doesn't do a full animal shift, more like those werewolves from Underworld? Kinda remains humanoid but it's pretty damn menacing. Chipper: Bone projection and yes it is gruesome and kinda unsightly for a boy so cute. Merlin: Illusionism! Creating and projecting virtually any kind of visual and auditory illusions, they're not tactile though. Sundown: Solar-powered photokinesis! Boy can charge up, then create and shape visible light! Viper: Shadow teleporting, if there's a shadow, he can jump in it. Jester: Tele-empathy, as in, yanno, he can put people's asses to sleep or get them scared, etc etc.

Did I think about these a lot? HELL YEAH I DID.

And as for the Mav question: yes 👀 His adhd was there before it but upon acquiring powers it only got 10x worse because now he can do Everything All The Time but Faster™️ while also needing a lot of stimuli or else he's keeling over.

[topgunruinedme]

Here’s a small snippet of the Wolfman/OC, 🦊 requested.

Hope you enjoy the small snippet while you wait.

His entire body buzzed with adrenaline his body still trying to determine to run or chew Wood out. He wasn’t sure which option was more embarrassing. His body was on high alert, he could feel the hair on his arms and the back on his neck rise as a pair of eyes fell onto him, his heart pounded in his chest. He hated that he couldn’t see who it was, he hated it more that he knew it was hers.

[purplearrowzandleather-blog]

Maverick: I am a... worthwhile person? And my friends... love me?

Goose, Ice, Slider, Wolfman, Wood, Merlin, and Cougar: *hugging him* Sure you are and, yes, they do, buddy. You’re doing great

Maverick: I feel validated. Disgusting. Give me more

[chewysgummies]

Privated my twitter account cause there's no point other than using it as an archive I think

[not-the-cheese]

one sentence(ish) summaries of every magnus archive episode PART 2

(eps 61-110) thank u for the funny comments and tags on the last part i love u guys

the rest of these may take a while as i've caught up to where i am currently in the podcast but i will finish them like in a month i promise

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61. the thrilling sequel to man does not open coffin: man DOES open coffin.

62. surely this doctor can find an easier way to scam people out of money than putting them in a little book.

63. THE DARK ATE MY BROTHER IN LAW.

64. this is possibly the plot of laura croft tomb raider

65. mmm crumchy

66. what's the opposite of an unboxing video

67. as close to a coffeeshop au as you're going to get from this podcast

68. Doctors hate him! Man REFUSES to die from tuberculosis!

69. your college's psych department has the worst idea ever.

70. reverse death note

71. not even death will stop this woman from taking the british subway

72. man doesn't want to be low key racist in his last moments before getting eaten

73. police versus the second coming of dark jesus

74. lady is haunted by an ad for coffee

75. mike crew says "uh fuck it let's just put this guy on a skyscraper forever"

76. ryan from buzzfeed unsolved breaks into a train yard and suffers consequences

77. you're not a enough of a bitch to be my real mom

78. man gets harassed by his cousin and then exorcises him

79. you know that chase scene in scooby doo with the doors

80. stupid idiot motherfucking jurgen leitner

81. i have been personally victimized by the sequel to the hungry hungry caterpillar

82. pov: elias threatens to cancel you

83. mannequin takes matters into its own hands after people don't like its pitch for a new window display

84. a hoarder put newspaper on my friend's face :(

85. hey there's maybe a little man upon these stairs?

86. man gets got by a squiggly thing in the dark.

87. plumber is so oblivious to spooky happenings around him that it possibly saves his life.

88. guys i think this guy likes to dig

89. lesbian investment banker finds a new, less evil job: arson!

90. guy who turns people's bones starts a gym where he promises not to turn your bones! (he is lying)

91. i was stalked by lightning for 10 years and i all i got were these stupid scars

92. jonah magnus is a bad friend // another day another elias slay

93. ocd is no match for purple fuzz

94. let the bodies drop gently to the floor let the bodies drop gently to the floor

95. im so sorry my brain refuses to remember what the war ones were about but i think one guy got gently kissed on the forehead so that's pretty nice.

96. diversity wins! the not-quite-human delivery men who stole your identity and business are maybe gay?

97. man gets gaslighted by an entire town about a hole

98. 🎶mister sandman bring me a dream, actually don't, please stay far from me 🎶

99. another one bites the dust

100. archival assistants face off against the general public (they lose)

101. jon finally levels up high enough to unlock an eldritch horror's tragic backstory

102. LOCAL MAN MARRIES BUG

103. peppa eats a clown and they cover her in concrete instead of congratulating her.

104. pennywise stole my brother's skin

105. it's world war z baby

106. Something Big Is In Space.

107. man is interrogated about the time he saw thomas the train roasts people alive and also sans is there

108. actor is stalked by mask who liked his monologue so much that it tells its mask friends to come watch.

109. sometimes a family is just a serial killer's daughter and that guy who maybe killed some vampires

110. yeah man those spiders be eating

Part 1 |

[infamous-if]

✮ CH. 2 PART I ✮ 92k (+86k) -> 178k ✮

PLAY CHAPTER 2: PART I

It's here! First, sorry for the long wait. Chapter 2 has proven to be a behemoth, and I'd gotten sick this past week, my computer broke, my documents went kaput and I had to do some Frankensteining for the last few pages of this part. I'm not too worried, as Part II update can help smooth out all the kinks. I will definitely be looking for beta testers once chapter 2 is complete ha

Anywho! Enough about my problems. This demo update adds 86k words (86, 818 to be exact) and is the first part of a two part chapter. Which means the narrative in this chapter is not complete, but I kind of closed it off at a pretty satisfying place. As with every Infamous chapter, this is very character driven. So have fun!

What to expect in Chapter Two PART I:

get on the bus & deal with the consequences of your actions lol

arrive to your first tour stop and do your first gig...which might get messy (both literally and figuratively)

hang with a familiar father and daughter duo

have some heart to hearts/ some cheeky little POV passages

meet more BOTB crew and learn exactly what's in store for you this season

get roped in some ValenReign mess !

Maintenance:

this chapter has a lot of flavor text, or at least, more than the demo did, so if there are any errors or if there are lines that don't correspond with your choices, please let me know so i can fix that!

you will no longer be forced to write your own lyrics and the update will offer you pre-written lyrics by yours truly. im not t swift so i would advise you not to expect professional level songwriting, but they work well enough lolol

lyrics page is up as well as stats, but i don't really like the system i used to balance it, mostly because new...stat things will be added as the story goes on, so that's still getting reworked. still, good enough for now, as there are some personality stat checks!

Prologue and Chapter 1 errors/typos/grammatical bits fixed. (Wouldn't be surprised if I missed some though...) + variables updated.

Scenes not showing up fixed. hopefully, that huge error in which it throws you back to the fight after returning to the house is fixed (It was a bit wonky for me, hopefully it works for everyone else)

Stat and relationship pages updated ( + lyric page to look back at all your lyrics).

Can choose to be asexual and any sexual scenes will be skipped or replaced with romantic scenes. Flavor text in which MC displays any sort of sexual desire will be skipped. (This option comes up during Dakota's party scene. If not, it will show up when it presents itself again.) (Nothing sexual has come up yet, but if there are any scenes or even lines/ internal thoughts that should be skipped or changed for Asexual MCs, please let me know!)

If there are errors or anything, im always open. I've play tested but you girl is always prone to errors. As always, thank you for your love and enthusiasm! It makes me really happy and motivates me to keep writing ! <3

(Also, if you're thinking "omg amy how did you go from 65k to 86k?!" i don't want to talk about it /j)

See you on tour!

[breachverse]

Breach: Chicago War Zone - WIP Update 18 - 26th of August 2023

... This one's actually been brewing for 6 months, so... 1 Million Words folks!

Update 21 has been released! Last public upload was pretty much a year ago so, I'm very sorry for the long silence, a lot of the updates have been mostly in the private testing phase on Patreon, but I am here with a bunch of fixes and hangout updates.

But most importantly... We've passed the 1 Million Words mark... My fingers are tired. ❤

You may play it on the link below.

Breach: Chicago War Zone (Updated)

DEVELOPMENT LOG#21 (15-April-2024)

(B2.1.1.24.4.15)

Alpha - 21

Fixed something here, fixed something there, fixed something everywhere

SideModule: Fixed Justin's hangout background

SideModule: Fixed Hayne's hangout background

SideModule: Added Anna's 1st hangout

SideModule: Added Charlie's 1st hangout

SideModule: Added Kaz's 1st hangout

SideModule: Added Carly's 1st hangout

Stats_Page: Added Archangel crew background notes

UniModule: Added 7 new weapons to the shop

MISC: Added AA-12

MISC: Added FAMAS G2

MISC: Added HK G36C

MISC: Added SIG MPX

MISC: Added PP-19 Vityaz

MISC: Added Ultimax 100

MISC: Added SR-25

COMPLETED: Chapter 3 Part 1 of The ARC branch (100%) (PT only) W.I.P.: AA Hangout Part 1 (86%) W.I.P.: AA Store system (85%) W.I.P.: FBI Hangout Part 1 (46%) W.I.P.: FBI Store system (65%) W.I.P.: Stat screen upgrade (40%) Word Count: 1,007,622 words including codes (Last update was 971,142)

I'll be completely honest, when I started Breach 2 I knew it was going to surpass 1 million words. I just didn't think it would take this long. Through numerous challenges, both in writing and in real life. Through numerous ups and downs, I'm absolutely surprised and grateful to know that there are people out there who still support me. I've had many thoughts, numerous times, to give up and move on to other things in life, but I didn't want to disappoint, so I kept writing.

I bring to you, the 1 million milestone update. It's really not much, but it is one step closer to completion. This update has been in the works for the past 6 months mostly due to the weapons rework and also story changes for the crew members that I apparently couldn't keep track of without a giant excel spreadsheet. This update finalizes the Archangel's Gamma Crew hangouts, which is Kaz and Carly's hangout as well as Anna and Charlie's hangout.

As before, they share the same storyline so they will both share the same hangout. If you choose to go out with one, you cannot go out with the other. Kaz shares it with Carly, and Anna shares it with Charlie. Keep that in mind. Oh, and there's 7 new guns to play with. Have fun, Ian.

This update does not include the new Chapters. Chapter 3 will still be Patreon exclusive until Breach 2 finishes and I can send the demo to the public testing, and to CoG for the full release.

I really cannot reiterate how grateful I am to have an amazing array of readers and supporters who are still here after numerous hiccups and fuck ups. Thank you all, so very much.

Much, much love. - Max ❤

Link to the CoG Forums

I also have a Discord server!

As always feel free to drop however many screenshot feedbacks you'd like, either in the forums or in our Discord channel!

[shadow-the-crow]

Because i'm bored and i want to show off my weird brain: Tma characters as numbers

Jon: 48

Martin: 13

Sasha: 38

Tim: 56

Elias: 89

Gertrude: 72

Not!Sasha: 91

Gerry: 85

Michael Shelley: 33

Michael the Distortion: 75,8

Mike Crew: 44

Basira: 76

Melanie: 49

Daisy: 39

Nikola: 34

Jurgen Leitner: 81

Agnes: 45

Jane Prentiss: 74

Peter Lukas: 86