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No, this is perfect Becks, thank you 💙💙

Will add them to the pack (my sib's birthday is in June so I'll be putting the graphics together mid-May)

I'll also share the few otter memes I have:

If you find any more (or anyone else does) I'll gladly adopt them

Weird request but if you have any, please reblog this post with otter memes (the water-dwelling mammals, not the gay guy type) 🦦

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I don't think Mav would ever tell Bradley why he pulled his papers.

(Partially because I think Carole's promise was just an excuse to give into Mav's own fears, but that's a thought for another post...)

I think he'd tell him how afraid for Bradley he was, how he knew firsthand you could be the best of the best and accidents still happened, there were still people who would not give you the same trust in the air, who would not sacrifice as much as you were willing to. That he's been in the Navy for years by the point Bradley applied for the academy and he's seen what kind of people mostly thrive in there and what kind of people wilt and he didn't want Bradley to become either.

I think Mav kept Carole's image as clear as possible in Bradley's head and he'd try to not 'stain' her memory for him. Even if he said Carole was afraid for Bradley to fly, he'd never tell him the whole truth about her making Mav promise to keep him from flying. Rather, I think he'd take on some of her fears as his own and confess to them as the reason why he did what he did and take the blame.

#tgm #pete maverick mitchell #bradley rooster bradshaw #carole bradshaw #mavdad #kinda??

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im going to grow out a short mullet. i have had enough

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fic is now titled with arms wide open because I'm weak for that song

Writing the hangster a/b/o fic from this idea bit and 1) it is so out of control, it went from silly goofy fic to write for fun to something with almost-plot and drama, 2) I made up some endocrinology stuff for the omegaverse that would explain shit in the universe and cause drama because I couldn't just leave it to 'don't question it' logic and like, what am I doing

also this fic needs a title, badly

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I also realize this could be to tease Bradley about Mav (Bradley's hot dad) too

(I'm still not over the whole hot for teacher bit...)

What Jake buys after he and Bradley have their first kid(s):

It was for Jake to wear but he obviously doesn't mind if Bradley borrows it 👀

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What Jake buys after he and Bradley have their first kid(s):

It was for Jake to wear but he obviously doesn't mind if Bradley borrows it 👀

#this is about any of my hangster kid fics okay #just hold my hand fic or the a/b/o fic or any other fic really #or general hangster headcanons #i'm just having a bad case of baby fever again #and trying to compensate with attempts at humour #hangster #tgm #jake hangman seresin #bradley rooster bradshaw

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Random ass idea that came just as I laid down to sleep (I'm on night duty now, don't be alarmed by the timing fellow Europeans):

Hangster Soulmates AU but slightly to the left.

Soulmates aren't found, they're made — your soulmark (symbol, picture, text, names, there's lots of theories what each type of a soulmark means, etc) show up only after you meet someone and make the effort to build a relationship.

Jake had always been fixated on finding his soulmate (either because his parents were perfect for each other and were soulmates or because they were terrible for each other and weren't, you pick). Bradley had a slightly less romanticised idea about soulmates, having grown up with his mom being less than a full person after Goose died, never stopping grieving, and with Mav and Ice, still very taboo as same-sex soulmates (I imagine Mav and Ice got their soulmarks straight after Layton, still on the carrier). He, however, always thought it'd be effortless in sense that it'll come naturally and even the hardships will seem easy once he meets his soulmate.

The first time Jake and Bradley are together, the soulmarks don't show. First year passes, second year passes, and third year passes and nothing.

The longer they're together, the more logical it is to say they aren't each other's soulmates.

There are couples who aren't soulmates and live long happy lives together, but this isn't something neither Jake or Bradley want. Jake tells himself that if by the fourth year there's no soulmark, they will break up. Bradley is in sort of a limbo, because his relationship with Jake had been easy and natural, and he genuinely thought they would turn out to be soulmates. He decides he doesn't care that much after all and wants their lives to be entangled even without the soulmark. In the meantime, as the time goes, Jake becomes more and more distant.

Jake gets a soulmark a week before their anniversary (two planes and a sunset in the background, travelling up the space between his shoulder blades), expecting Bradley to tell him on the anniversary that he got his too. It doesn't happen because Bradley doesn't have a soulmark at all.

The day of their fourth anniversary, Bradley wants to talk about their plans for the future, but Jake breaks up with him before, telling him he's not going to settle for less than his soulmate and they obviously would know by then if they're soulmates by now.

Things turn bitter, they're still in the same squadron, Bradley saying a little too much and then leaves for a different base without ever taking them back.

When they meet during the return to Top Gun, Jake is still bitter, both because of the stuff Bradley said and because they had something good and he broke up with him to find something better with his soulmate and still hasn't found them.

Bradley is bitter, but in a sad way, feeling like he's never going to be enough, especially with Mav as a second reminder hovering around.

Post-mission, things get better, they apologize to each other and start spending time together again (mostly in group/work settings).

Bradley can feel that something is happening between them again but tries to seem oblivious to all of Jake's flirty demeanor because he knows Jake is still obsessed with finding his soulmate and he obviously isn't them. Jake wasn't acting like this on purpose at the beginning, it just showed up naturally when he and Bradley started talking in a friendly manner again, but the more it happened, the more he wanted it to happen — his soulmate wasn't there and Bradley was and he alread knows how good they could be together.

This goes on for some time until Bradley snaps and tells him to stop giving him hope and mixed signals with his behavior and that he's not up for being around as a second best option just until Jake finds his soulmate.

Obviously, Jake needs to decide what he wants — and he decides he wants Bradley.

It takes 3 months together for the soulmark to show up on Bradley (two planes with a sunset as a background travelling down the space of over his sternum).

#i could also go on with the angsty drama #re: bradley thinking jake is only staying with him now because they're soulmates etc etc #but lets leave it here #hangster #tgm #bradley rooster bradshaw #jake hangman seresin

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Writing the hangster a/b/o fic from this idea bit and 1) it is so out of control, it went from silly goofy fic to write for fun to something with almost-plot and drama, 2) I made up some endocrinology stuff for the omegaverse that would explain shit in the universe and cause drama because I couldn't just leave it to 'don't question it' logic and like, what am I doing

also this fic needs a title, badly

#hangster #its easier to write because i don't have to think much when writing #so I keep writing it at work when I have slower time

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I think I’m going to think about this youtube comment forever

#equivalent to a pet spray i suppose #q

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#virgo #<<< prev #look i read it and i was like yeah this is me-core #and im a virgo #so you were right #q

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Weird request but if you have any, please reblog this post with otter memes (the water-dwelling mammals, not the gay guy type) 🦦

#it's for a gift #my sib is obsessed with otters so I'm making them pjs with ottters/ottter memes on it #it's for their birthday #shitpost

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reblog to give a plushie to the person you reblogged this from

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you know what, I have given up on stressing about this and decided to just make this chapter shorter and worry about writing that messy scene in the future (future me problem...)

So,

(sometimes I feel) like a monkey pilot — chapter 7

has just been posted

#trans bradley rooster bradshaw #hangster #(sif) lamp tag #ill make that banner this fic needs a banner

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do you ever think jake and bradley get confused about how long they had been together or about when is their anniversary?

do they count the first time around? do they count it with or without the time they were broken up?

is their anniversary the day they got together the first time or is it the day they got back together after the mission?

i feel like they'd get married just to fix the issue - they'd be referring to the time they had been married or the day they got married instead of arguing what counts and what doesn't that way.

#hangster #this is inspired by me writing fic the backwards way btw #and wondering how jake would say they had been together six years and Bradley would say six weeks #tgm

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what's the first movie you remember seeing in theaters? don't try and be all edgy and cool and say like tetsuo: the iron man. be honest.

Go!!

#Bambi 2 #or rather I remember I went to see it but don't remember a single thing from that day #same with Flushed Away (grandfatger took us that's all I remember) #first movie I saw in theatre and actually remember was Ratatouille #q

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✨ Please reblog the polls to make them reach out to as many people as possible, but KEEP IT SPOILER-FREE to make people listen to the music with an open mind 💖 Artists and titles will be revealed after the poll's conclusion, check the original post for an update! ✨

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In love with Oliver saying he wants to tread carefully re: Buddie because he doesn't want to feed into the [predatory] queer male stereotype of, like, a guy coming out and suddenly he's into all his friends. love it especially since some people in this fandom seem fucking obsessed with that idea like ok. maybe i would lay down my life for him in battle.