#maverick is iceman’s problem

[aniilaff]

iceman: god has decided to let me live another day, so god will help me deal with that shit.

#maverick is iceman’s problem #top gun maverick #top gun 86 #iceman #maverick #shut up maverick #incorrect top gun maverick quotes #incorrect quotes #icemav #tom kazansky #pete mitchell #god help himself

[micahmaeve]

#if you put your pain in the ass pilot with another pain in the ass pilot does that solve your problems or make one big problem? #goose and slider are about to find out #top gun #icemav #slider #goose #iceman #maverick #top gun maverick #pete maverick mitchell #tom kazansky #tom crusie #val kilmer #nick bradshaw #ron kerner

[lupuslikethewolf]

Top Gun 1986 as my whatsapp chat history part 2: electric boogaloo

once again, unfortunately, featuring my ex as slider in image 3

part 1

#why is everything here said between the hours of 9 and 11 pm at night? bc my friends are insomniacs who bother me with their problems #(i love them really) #top gun #top gun 1986 #icemav #pete maverick mitchell #tom iceman kazansky #ron slider kerner #nick goose bradshaw #incorrect quotes #top gun incorrect quotes

[sprinklersart]

what it looks like when you’re getting your 5th promotion of the year and your wingman has to crash the party bc he got suspended for crashing another airplane

#*bill hader harvey fierstein voice* this is a gay film #top gun #icemav #pete maverick mitchell #tom iceman kazansky #tom kazansky #top gun 1986 #I’m sick and these little gay pilots have got me down hard so I’m gonna make it everyone’s problem

[daggerspared]

jakes about an hour late to the latest iceman-maverick (icemav for short, as phoenix has coined) barbecue, so he’s just passing through the kitchen, not even thinking as he tosses out an easy “hey pops,” to the hosts on his way towards the doors to the backyard.

two voices call back in response. “hey kid.” “good to see you jake.”

he feels the pause. his hand hovers uncertainly over the door handle. slowly, he turns.

iceman and maverick, happily married couple, have suspended all kitchenly duties to glare at each other. “he was talking to me.”

“no, he was talking to me.”

“everyone calls me pops,” ice says, eyes narrowed. “bradley calls me pops. mickey calls me pops. even cyclone called me pops that one time that was embarrassing for all of us.”

maverick waves a hand at ice, the hand also wielding a knife he was using to chop watermelon. “yeah, but jake calls me pops. he called me pops before he knew you. that gives me pops rights.”

jakes debating just slipping out the door when they both turn towards him. in unison like good wingmen.

“jake, buddy, sport, slugger, who were you talking to?”

he offers a shrug. “uh, both of you, i guess.” it’s the truth, he wasn’t thinking too hard about it, his mind focused on getting to the backyard where he has it on good authority that his loving boyfriend is sweaty and shirtless and waiting for someone to share his lawn chair with.

ice purses his lips. “that won’t do.”

“we can’t both be pops,” maverick agrees. “that’s ridiculous.”

“right,” jake says, “that’s what’s ridiculous about this.”

“a challenge then,” ice forges on, ignoring him. “to determine who’s the better pops.”

solemn as their air boss, maverick sticks his hand out (sans knife) to shake on it. in some funhouse mirror reflection of that one photograph that seems to be everywhere, ice clasps his hand back.

and jake is somewhere between laughing, running, and bursting into tears. because no sane person has ever had this argument before and certainly not over him. nobody’s ever fought to be jake seresin’s pops before.

no one except these two ridiculous, crazy old men.

#top gun maverick #jake hangman seresin #tom iceman kazansky #pete maverick mitchell #icemav #hangster mentioned #again its the mavdad and icepops of it all im sorry #will i ever stop writing about jake seresins daddy issues probably not #they Would get competitive about something like this they would get competitive about anything given the chance #theyve never had this problem jake is the only one whos turned away the pun of icepops to call maverick pops #and maverick is clutching on to that with both of his gremlin hands #blu posts

[highwaytothedangerzone502]

The Navy: God has decided to let Maverick live another day, so we’re going to make it Iceman’s problem.

#maverick is iceman’s favorite problem #top gun #maverick #rooster #hangman #bradley bradshaw #phoenix #iceman #bob #jake seresin #incorrect quotes #incorrect top gun quotes #incorrect completely correct quotes #icemav #tgm #tg2

[calkale]

"I love you, Ice"

#im not drawing their hands no one say a word #this ones not as good as the other one but ITS FINE #have not been loving my art today I redid this like 4 times #the problem with creating art I love is that I dont like anything else for the next few days 🤪 #ANYWAY #icemav #tom iceman kazansky #pete maverick mitchell #top gun #top gun maverick #calkaleart

[mrslectermoriarty]

You know you should go to sleep when you start typing Tom “Kazansky” Iceman into the AO3 search bar…

#topgun #top gun maverick #top gun 1986 #top gun #tom kazansky #tom iceman kazansky #ao3 #my brain came up with this #send help #reading at 3am is not the solution to all our problems #you know it #i know it #we both need more sleep so go to bed for Pete’s sake and sleep a little

[pollyna]

To the idea of Mav telling Bradley that he appreciates how much he values the idea of the perfect marriage Carole and Goose had but, at the same time, how unrealistic is because "kid, they were married four years and they spent together maybe two of them. They didn't had the time to see the other side of everything" in answer to Bradley asking why he continues to stay with Ice if all they do lately is fighting, to which Mav answers "what? Should I leave him because he's having a bad week and he's being a little more sarcastic than usual?" We can only 🥂

#so idk in which other way to put it #bradley is sixteen and he only remembers the good stuff about his mom and dad's marriage #and lately ice seems so stressed and he snaps at mav (just for mav to snap back) and he can't understand how can mav just be okay with it #it's not like ice is mean or anything it's just- mom and dad never acted like that?! and he's a little confused #mav isn't trying to be mean either he just want bradley to realise that's not always pink flowers and rainbows but if he had to dump ice l- #-everytime one of them is in a mood™️ or a problem arised their relationship would have lasted two days #again idk if it's making anysense lol #pete maverick mitchell #bradley rooster bradshaw #tom iceman kazansky #icemav #goosencarole

[compacflt]

can i just say that I'm haunted by the image of Ice wearing "one of Mavericks cheapest rolexes". One because of the mental immage of Maverick being the kind of men who not only owns multiple watches but also Rolex, which is absolutely delightful, because oh the quiet vanity of that. And two because of the implied and groundbreaking (to me) domesticity (and defiance of the not talking/acknowledging the thing between the 2 of them) of wearing another person watch. I'm screaming into the void about your brilliance. So I need to ask, do they do that on purpose (before the mission) in a sort if roundabout way of acknowledging each other presence in their life? What would Mav wear that belongs to Ice (apart from that USNA ring eheh)?

pilots/sailors/doctors etc who do high-level specialized work with their hands tend to really be Watch Guys. and “cheap” rolexes (sub $7k ish) are actually pretty affordable if you’re making >$150k a year and want to treat yourself every fifth christmas or something. source: know several sailors & doctors. ALSO the watch ice is wearing in his famous gay plane photoshoot is actually a rolex. So theres some evidence ice at least is (annoying, ostentatious, bad with money, and) a Watch Guy. Maverick’s also wearing a kickass chronograph in TGM so i think he’s also probably a Watch Guy. also… you know, status symbol, honor, et cetera et cetera…

they probably wear each other’s socks because in-regs socks all look the same and they’re both men so who cares. i also hc that they’ve always worn the same size in shirts so each other’s t-shirts are also free game. and was very confusing at the start of their relationship when trying to figure out whose shirt was whose after a midnight rendezvous. lots of accidental shirt mixups. and, yeah, each other’s watches, because most people only see the status and don’t see the detail, and most people aren’t around both ice and mav enough to recognize that “omg last month adm kazansky was wearing the same omega chronometer capt mitchell is wearing today!! theyre totally together!!!” so if ice buys a new watch and maverick salivates over it, sure he can borrow it, whatever. and i think there’s a scene in wwgattai when maverick wears ice’s pj pants hold up lemme find it

“in bare feet.” now wtf does that mean. that could use a rewrite.

ice also wears mavericks leather jacket when they’re on their baseball date in debriefing. at some point when you live with someone long enough your stuff becomes their stuff which was the point of this graf

thinking about it… trying to decide if they’d wear each other’s cologne. that seems like a little much. no i don’t think so.

#oooh! this is the first time ive read this section of debriefing since i posted it! and wow it’s really just okay! #ugggghhh the house. the house.. *shakes fist* all my narrative problems have to do with the house… #would ice and maverick really get free LockMart/mcdonnell shirts? no idea #ive been working my first aerospace & defense job for a month now and ive gotten Boeing fidget spinners and raytheon sunglasses and #LM t-shirts so it’s not out of the realm of possibilities #but i am also not a federal employee so idk. #thx for the ask anon. i appreciate your use of the word ‘haunted’ #pete maverick mitchell #tom iceman kazansky #icemav #top gun #asks #man. i have such a problem with verb-tense agreement when it comes to ‘there is/there are’ #in the second one it should be ‘there are all these…’ man. i can’t ever get there’s/there are right #oh wait you’re not anon #i am a Watch Guy but $20-$80 vintage novelty watches i find on eBay not Rolexes #i feel at some point i should change my blog header. it’s still my politics but #given that i am literally working in defense rn it feels a little hypocrit. ok. will change it. #alright as of this post my header has been changed to reflect the material conditions of my summer internship

[getinthefuckingjaeger]

every brass in the navy lives in fear of owing Iceman Kazansky a favour because it can go from a typical 'I want in on this so-and-so operation' to the absolute nightmare situation of 'I'm cashing in for Mitchell'

#top gun: maverick #icemav #iceman kazansky #maverick mitchell #ice is good at what he does and he loves his job and he has everyone's respect but he also have a manic pixie wingman to look after ya feel #not to woobify the relationship but i just find it amazing how quick ice can solve a maverick problem like he has a jar of favours for mav

[mcu-and-buckybarnes-things]

Ice: I keep a picture of Maverick on my desk because whenever shit happens I can look at his picture and tell myself—if I can deal with this little shit then I can deal with anything.

Cyclone: All due respect Sir, you keep a picture of that little shit because you are gay.

#cyclone: I have no problem you being gay #only if you’re gay for me #icemav #Tom iceman Kazansky #Pete Maverick Mitchell #beau cyclone simpson #top gun:maverick

[thatsrightice]

Ok but Wolfman and Hollywood dragging Goose, Maverick, Slider and Iceman to this gay bar called The Roxy (iykyk) that they recently heard about and they’re everyone’s all down because why not. But Iceman is secretly panicking on the inside because that’s the gay bar he’ll go to once in a while when he decides to stay back at their housing and “study”. Yeah no, he was really at The Roxy. He’s never even gone home with a guy from the bar, not without them trying, he’s usually just talking with people because being gay is incredibly lonely no matter your identity. Like yeah he’s got friends and he’s got Slider who is fully supportive and definitely not 100% straight, but Slider is content with marrying some nice girl and stuff and as much as Ice might hate himself for it, he is only interested in men. And there’s no way for him back out because they’ve got the next day day off and he can’t not go so of course he had to go. Then they’re at The Roxy and all the others are chatting at a high top so Ice excuses himself to get a drink. He just leans against the bar for a bit taking it all in as guys are eyeing him up like a frickin dessert and it’s taking everything in his power to ignore them cause he desperately wants to get on the dance floor and grind on someone and forget all about (Maverick/Slider/Maverick and Slider) being in his pining-free space. And then one of his friends of sorts that he’s run into a couple of times at The Roxy is his savior, bringing several shots of various liquors and is looking at him pitifully saying “It looks like you need this, Kaz.” And somehow his friend just knows.

#my problem is I like all three ships and can never pick one #so everything I write is pairing-ambiguous #icemav #slice #slicemav #like idk what to do about it lol #top gun #tom iceman kazansky #ron slider kerner #pete maverick mitchell #rick hollywood neven #leonard wolfman wolfe #top gun 1986 #pining #oblivious slider #oblivious maverick #pining iceman #iceman #the boys #flyboys #The Roxy #just a little thing i wrote #it’s a major problem #it’s like a constant existential crisis

[elancie]

Little oneshot

#pete maverick mitchell #tom iceman kazansky #top gun #top gun maverick #icemav #tom kazansky #top gun 1986 #top gun fanfiction #top gun angst #reading at 3am is not the solution to all our problems #but it works #it’s a little sad #i’m sorry #kind of

[highwaytothedangerzone502]

Iceman: I have 99 problems, and Maverick has caused 98 of them.

Slider: What’s the last one?

Iceman: Maverick.

#maverick is iceman’s favorite problem #maverick #rooster #hangman #top gun #phoenix #goose #top gun 2 #iceman #icemav #slider #99 problems #Bob #fanboy #payback #Coyote #incorrect top gun quotes #incorrect quote #top gun incorrect quotes #incorrect completely correct quotes

[blazingstar29]

pov: me seeing a post discussing mischaracterisation of maverick and mentally going through all me fics to see how badly i fucked up

#it was a good thing for me to read #sometimes i need to be check in my tirade of angst #I DON'T WANT TO BE THE PROBLEM #top gun 1986 #pete maverick mitchell #icemav #tom iceman kazansky #iceman x maverick