#the drift

[monsterblogging]

Links to Pacific Rim creator Travis Beacham's own posts on drift compatibility and drifting

Drift compatibility is psychological, not genetic

The better you know someone, the more likely you are to be drift compatible

Drift compatibility is potential, not fate

Drift compatibility can be a choice

Friendship is the foundation of drift compatibility

The drift requires trust

Trust is fundamental; also drift compatibility can be determined with anything that tests how well you can anticipate each others' moves

That even includes multiplayer video games

Many cadets wash out during Pons training when secrets come out in the drift and shatter their relationships

A lot of pilots get messed up by flinching over sexual thoughts

Trying to avoid thoughts just makes them worse

Not everything you see in the drift is always real; also the way to deal with thoughts is just let them flow by

Pilots communicate through "headspace"

Illustration of a conversation in headspace

First drifts can be very confusing, because partners don't understand each others' minds very well yet

The drift exposes pilots to each others' raw, unfiltered thoughts

Raleigh knew what Yancy was going to say

The drift doesn't let you read your partner's mind like a database, and you may not necessarily understand what you see. Also when Pentecost says he carries nothing into the drift he means he's calm and stable.

Pentecost gained this calmness through meditation

Trying to block your partner from your mind will make you lose control of the Jaeger

Pilots who fall below 90% sync will be in trouble

General information plus info on RABITs

You can chase your partner's RABIT

Another post confirming you can chase your partner's RABIT

More RABIT info

More general information

Travis Beacham defines ghost drifting

Partners' personalities can rub off on each other

Neural overload doesn't hit you all at once; it accumulates

The time a pilot can go solo varies, and it's a steep curve from fine to dead

More info on solo piloting

Being high in the drift probably makes it harder to avoid chasing the RABIT

[comicpolls]

[taintedmind6669]

“Really? You would do that for me?- uh- or- with me?” I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE

[agent-troi]

the way he notices when/how often she smiles🥺🥺🥺🥺

[nina245]

Day 24, 25 and 28: Sleepy, Possessed and Crossover

[grimdork]

He’s here.

You run. The cold is biting. Snow blows into your face, cold flakes clinging to your lashes. Your footsteps become slower, more laborious, your desperate sprint becoming a miserable, uphill trudge. 

You hear him. Twigs snapping. Snow crunching. A step out of sync with yours. Quiet, breathy, anticipating laughter, muffled through winter gear. No one will be there if you look back but you know you’ll die if you stop moving. Howling wind tears at your face. Your ears are burning. Your fingers and toes are numb. Pinpricks of freezing pain skitter up and down your legs.

The Road Ripper, from @rotworld 's 2023 Goretober universe: The Drift. please read it, here is the first entry

[driftwithme]

Joke aside I think people doesn't give proper credit to jaeger pilots and how strong their sense of self is to not go all ghost in the shell in there the minute their entire memories and personalities get flowed with a second set of you know, memories and personalities.

It's a thing I also attribute to the fact that the drift doesn't outright show every detail of a pilot's life to another, but rather allows some glimpses to pass between them as the neural connection takes hold. I think the memories the drift shows depend also on the pilots and the possible shared experiences that could help them find common ground. A good and easy explanation, considering you don't want your pilots to go to battle in the middle of an identity crisis, right?

It also means things like, if Chuck survived Operation Pitfall, he wouldn't ghost-drift with Pentecost because Pentecost didn't take his memories or ego to the drift. Which means that some pilots can drift out of their skill to accept others completely and remove their own existences out of the equation, living so actively in the present it was enough to hold the connection. A strong sense of trust and acceptance and complete selflessness.

You, your co-pilot and the jaeger in there but you need to know which is which at all times. Based on how emotionally smart one has to be to differentiate those three elements in the middle of a battle, I can say that all the best j-pilots are insanely good at managing their own minds.

[bryan360]

“🎈🦫The Drifting”

🦫Bucky: Ah, man….This is what I get for trying to capture these balloon shaped ghost types. It was all bad karma for me unless I can land safely soon enough. Though for now it looks I’m “drifting off again.” Huh? No wonder it felt like being a Team Rocket member. 🙄 Well almost.

Bucky (as a Team Rocket member) created by me; BryanVelasquez87 (Bryan360)

Driftloons - Pokémon franchise (1996-present) created by Satoshi Tajiri; Nintendo, Creatures, and Game Freak

Previously: ⬇️

“⬛️⬜️🪦The Grave” - Link Here #1

“🦝🦝The Raccoons” - Link Here #2

“🐿️💕❄️The Climbers” -Link Here #3

“🐱🎸🐶 The Guitarist” - Link Here #4

“🐰👮The Cops” - Link Here #5

“🐶🏴‍☠️👑The Joy” - Link Here #6

“🦔🦊💍The Rings” - Link Here #7

“🦦🐟The Fish” - Link Here #8

“🐱👢🌙 The Cuteness” - Link Here #9

“🎧🦨 The Beats” - Link Here #10

“🔴🐼🐶 The Dogs” - Link Here #11

”🐿️🐰🎸The Band” - Link Here #12

“🦊🔵 The Tallest” - Link Here #13

“🌳😟 The Hunted” - Link Here #14

“🤗❤️ The Hugging” - Link Here #15

“🐭🐩🎞️The Classics” - Link Here #16

“🐷🍫The Chase” - Link Here #17

Tagged: @murumokirby360 @shadowredfeline@alexander1301 @shadowredfeline@sammirthebear2k4 

[aggressivedean]

you pacific rim people were kinda right I’m crying

[monsterblogging]

I love how the worldbuilding for the Drift is informed by a solid comprehension of certain mental health struggles, and the coping strategies people use to deal with them. It gives the whole thing a kind of emotional and psychological resonance that just wouldn't be there if Beacham had chosen to use something more purely fantastical.

[savetheupholstery]

I asked my sister if she thought we’d be drift compatible and she immediately said yes,,,,that means more to me than I think she’ll ever be able to know

[gravyhoney]

Guys. Watch Pacific Rim rn. I’m so serious. Guys the worms in my brain right now.

Me rn ^^

[agent-troi]

[musicwithoutborders]

The Drift, Floating Truth I Memory Drawings, 2008

[heavenlyyshecomes]

I don’t think translation and criticism are as different as Davis makes them out to be. Within the pantheon of minor arts, the two share a similar status — each playful in its own way, each commanding the worship of a devoted, though largely aimless, sect. Translation begins as a critical interpretation of the text, reflected in a set of choices: what meaning or connections to bring out, what to elide. All bargains made in the knowledge that the exact constellation of sound and sense produced in one language can never be perfectly reproduced in another — which is merely another way of saying that a translation is an argument, an interpretation justifying itself, and as such exists at a certain remove from the original text.