"I want to BE one with the plane. Not just fly it, feel it's every move. Hear the roar of the Tomcat's engine deep within my soul. I want to BREATH the fumes of the fuel, let the power sink into my blood. I want to own this flying memory " -- Maverick, Probably.
Ice, done with this shit: "No Mav, I'm not letting you keep the damn F-14 that you crashed."
IS THIS SHIT FROM WIND IN THE WILLOWS?? LITERALLY BEST FUCKING BOOK EVER
Life if bro lived close by
im reblogging this for the sole purpose of ease of finding it next time i need a laugh
top gun (1987) as txt posts!!!
I love them so much
Good luck prying that child away from them, Rooster. Grandparents Icemav, my true weakness ahaha
After, after, they gave his name to a carrier. The Navy never received so many votes for a single name, but she is brand new, shiny, and bigger than the other carrier. They say it is a she, but they call it USS Thomas J. Kazansky because no other name would fit.
Slider serves on in it the his last few years before retirement, Bradley is there more than he's not and Mav doesn't want to hear that name, see it or even imagine what it looks like. Sarah goes to the launch, and Mav spends the night hugging Tom's pillow and desperately trying to remember the feeling of his husband's arms around him.
ahh????? i fucking love this????
Sorry that its kind of a long post, too tired to figure out why the ‘read more’ thingie isn’t working :’3
annnnd the tears have started again.
Hi TG Fandom!
So this AU came to me in a dream and I woke up with actual tears so — here we go.
In the deepest chunks of my cold, dead heart, I believe that even if Ice married Sarah, he still always loved Mav. There were just so many reasons why they couldn't work out long-term: Ice wanted to advance, Mav didn't want to hold him back, the danger of being a gay couple in the ‘80s and ‘90s — let alone in the Navy.
It just couldn't work out for them. They were trying to protect each other and that meant sacrifices on both ends.
But it doesn't mean they ever stopped loving each other, Ice’s love was shown in saving Mav’s ass time after time, and Mav’s was in being there — always, no matter what Ice needed.
Mav was there when all three of Ice’s kids were born, his two daughters and his youngest: Tom Kazansky Jr.
Junior, who only looks more like his namesake with every year that passes.
Eventually Mav gets shipped to China Lake so he doesn't have to get a front-row seat to Ice dying right in front of them (Ice’s decision of course).
The Mission rolls around, and lo and behold: a Tom Kazansky will always appear to Mav in his time of need.
But instead of a text — it’s in the form of Junior, a vision of 27-year-old Tom Kazansky, complete with moles and his big ass teeth.
“Apparently, we’ve got a mission, Maverick.”
Imagine the complete agony of a world where Mav never gets to have the life he deserves with the man he loves, and not only that, but he's surrounded by the living specters of the two men he loved most and lost.
A world in which he gets to keep a piece of Goose and Ice, but only as a reminder that the Bradshaw and Kazansky on his wings will never be the ones he wants.
Or the flip side, where Mav is the only piece of their fathers that both boys have left and there gets to be a Kazansky-Bradshaw-Mitchell trio in the sky again.
Just me? Okay 😭
(Ice sent Junior out as a Dagger with a promise to: Be His Wingman. Both of them knowing he wasn't going to be there when Junior got back.)
What am i doing here.
Mav: Bad news—Goose locked themself outside of their own house. Mav: Good news—we didn’t have to wait around for a locksmith. Mav: Bad news—Slider finds it very concerning that I know how to pick locks, and tried to unlock my Tragic Backstory(TM). I was too embarrassed to admit that the reason I learned it was because, at thirteen, I figured that was the kind of skill that would impress cute guys. Mav: Good news—a cute guy saw me do it. Mav: Bad news—it was Ice, and since they’ve already seen me fall out of several trees, cry because I saw a fawn that was just too damn small, and knows I can ride a unicycle, they’ll never think I’m cool no matter what I do. It’s too late. They know.
bradly is the fucking definition of a Nepo baby. His nepo-baby-ness puts all the other nepo babies to shame
they hate me cuz my daddy is rich