#i’ve been feeling a lotttt of emotions about them lately. maybe bc summer is almost over

[heatwavering]

rewatched TG:M all the way through for the first time in a couple months, and god. hans zimmer did not have to put everything he owned into that singular swell. and neither did literally everyone else.

maverick: terrified and alone, realizing his son basically just blew up in front of him

cyclone warlock and hondo: different levels of hopelessness, expediting the mourning process so they can continue with the mission

hangman: physically stops breathing. can’t focus. he has to hyperventilate to get oxygen back in his body. all he’s thinking about is bradley seven summers ago, when they were still okay. and now he’s never going to be able to apologize for everything. it’s his fault. he’s the better pilot, everyone knows it, but bradley had the winning hand, the ace in the hole. so he should’ve tried harder with maverick, not picked as many fights, flown better, flown faster, fought harder, been different, done everything different. you can physically pinpoint something inside himself dying alongside bradley.

#when i say a top three hangster moment i mean it #yes i am an icemav girlie 85% of the time. but why put two queens against one another #hangster #i’ve been feeling a lotttt of emotions about them lately. maybe bc summer is almost over #‘​and who thought this love could last beyond summertime’ etc. etc. #bradley’s death makes me have baby-level object permanence #he gets hit by that mssile and i’m immediately like ohhh my god 😰 he’s dead! what’s gonna happen next tom cruise?!?