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She/her ... I think, I figured out how this works... Anyway, I like Star Wars. A lot. And some other stuff too. I also write sometimes... come hang :)  

[ohmy80s]

Tom Cruise

[woodsywarbler]

[pilvimarja]

[tragicwaif]

he’s at the party feeling raped and molested and killing the vibe

[woodsywarbler]

Still sing Delta dawn when I catch a sunset.

[collophora]

I’ve not much to show theses times, but I found again theses commission made last September so, well *throws them*

[farmgf]

if you can’t fix it you’ve got to stand it being the last line of the brokeback mountain novella is so crazy it makes me feel like my guts are falling out. if you can’t fix it you’ve got to stand it. jesus fucking christ

[farmgf]

god. god

[ethanhunt-deactivated20230911]

Where am I going? No place, man. Me, I’m just gonna hang out here. I don’t know, you know? Hey, Nickerson, you lied about me. You blackballed me. “Together.” Remember that? “Together. Together. Together.” That was all just bullshit. You’re full of shit, man. You just sit there in your office. A scholarship here. No scholarship there. He goes. He stays. Who in the hell gave you that power? You’re just a coach. You’re just a high school football coach. I mean, I don’t know. I don’t know. You know, Nickerson, you are not God! Huh? You’re just a typing teacher! Tom Cruise as Stefen Djordjevic in All the Right Moves (1983) dir. Michael Chapman

[sluttyhenley]

#ObsessedWithThatGuy

TOP GUN (1986) dir. Tony Scott

[buddie-romance]

thank you ao3 for being an archive and not an algorithm. thank you for letting me like things without consequences, thank you for being free with no ads, thank you for having lawyers to defend our freedom of speech. thank you tag wranglers. thank you to all authors and thank you ao3

[rainbowsuitcase]

The thing about grief is that she's a little bitch who will sneak up on you absolutely whenever and without warning. So.

Ice and Mav hook up for the first time right after Layton. It's supposed to be hard and fast and quick and dirty, just a way to finally satisfy the tension between them and get out the leftover adrenaline. And it does start that way, but it ends very differently.

It slows down, first of all. Clothes start coming off and Ice finds the bruises Mav still has from Hop 31, and he doesn't want to hurt him, so he gets gentle. Softer. More careful with the way he touches Mav, more aware that he's holding something fragile, something delicate. He gets more dedicated to making Mav feel good.

Mav isn't expecting it - it surprises him in a way that hurts, that forces him to clench his jaw and bite his lip to make himself focus and stay in the moment. And he manages it, but only until after.

After, when Ice curls up along his back and pulls him close with a hand on his stomach and even as exhausted as Mav is, even with how good it was, how sated he feels, all he can suddenly think about is that Goose used to cuddle with him and no one's held him like this since Goose died and Ice is taller than him enough that it almost feels the same and it's not the same and it never will be because Goose is dead.

He tries to hide it - he doesn't want to cry, not right now, not here, god, he doesn't want Kazansky to think he's the kinda guy who fucking cries after sex - but they're pressed so close together that even if Ice somehow didn't catch the sounds of his sniffling, he would still feel the way his shoulders tense and jump, and he would still see the way his jaw clenches and how his chin trembles.

"Maverick?" he whispers, and god. God, it fucking hurts, that soft voice right behind his ear, that big, steady hand moving across his stomach, god, he can't breathe.

"What's wrong?" Ice keeps talking, keeps not fucking helping, god, can he just- "Did I hurt you?"

No. Mav can't say it. He can only barely swallow the tears so they don't spill out, he can't open his mouth. But he makes himself shake his head, jerky and unsteady but honest, because Ice was fucking perfect and he doesn't want him to think it's his fault. It's better that he knows - better that he realizes what a fucked up mess Mav is - than blames himself for something he didn't do.

"It's-" he tries, he does, but he chokes on it. "Goose is-" He can't say it, stops himself with a sob, shakes his head again, curls up on himself to hide, to at least try to keep himself together when Ice inevitably gets up and leaves.

Ice breathes out and Mav tenses up, tries to prepare for it when-

"It's alright," Ice sighs. His other hand finds Mav's chest and pulls him close. "It's gonna be alright." Lips pressed to the back of his neck.

Mav closes his eyes, breathes out, loses the fight with another sob, and tries to believe it.

[oathkeeperoxas]

Iceman/Maverick in their retired era, courtesy of noahdeaart. Posted with permission.

[nostalgicmania]

Val Kilmer, the man that you were!!!

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

saw this being debated and just wanted to talk about it too.

"is it rude if I politely ask a writer if they use ai or chatgpt on their works because I'm almost certain they do?"

yes, it is rude. no matter how polite you are being when you ask them this.

you say you are almost certain. so you are not absolutely certain.

unless you are absolutely, undoubtedly certain — with actual proof — that their writing is ai generated, never ever ask an artist if their work is ai generated.

I know several writers who would stop writing and delete all of their works if they were ever accused of using ai. so it doesn't matter if you are polite when you ask them this, you are suggesting that their works are ai generated, that they didn't create the works they could have spent hours, days, weeks, months or years working on.

ai and chatgpt are trained on real humans' works, they are trained to mimic the way real humans write. so if you say a genuine writer's work "looks ai", I'm gonna have to ask you what you think ai was trained on.

a writer whose English isn't their first language may also write in a way that "looks ai" to some, if they write in English and have to rely on translator.

using em dash isn't a sign of ai. I do it all the time. my fellow writers all love em dash.

having long paragraphs with "overly described scenes" isn't a sign of ai. I do it all the time, and so do my fellow writers.

all the "ai signs" are actually just what most writers actually do. they get mistaken for "ai signs" because sometimes the way writers write or describe a scene in a fanfic or an original work is different than the way people talk or text. because they're writing a fic and describing a scene, not chatting with a friend. the way I talk is different than the way I write my fics.

if you suspect a work was ai generated, but are not 100% sure, you can always just stop reading said work without saying anything.

if someone does use ai to write, they will either a.) deny and continue using ai to write or b.) admit because they see nothing wrong with it and continue using ai to write.

if a genuine writer was wrongly accused of using ai, they may stop writing altogether.

asking a writer if they use ai or chatgpt to write will always do more harm than good. witch hunting will always do more harm than good.

you are not "fighting against ai" by throwing around such accusations. you are harming genuine writers and artists.

[thisisjustfuckingsterling]

It isnt an accusation. Its a fucking question. One that protects the very communities and artists that this post claims to defend.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

all of the fanfic writers, whom I personally know, say the same thing that they would feel discouraged and might delete all their works if they were asked this.

it’s not “hey do you like x or y” question. it’s a subtle implication that your work looks like it was written by a robot within a minute. if you personally don’t find that offensive, that’s cool. but I know a lot of writers do. and they have the rights to be discouraged by it.

also we are talking about fanfic writers who write as their hobby, getaway or safe place, writers whose works you read for free. not writers who sell their works and are making profit from what they write. fanfic writers don’t owe you anything.

[bardic-tales]

This just came across my dash. I'm going to be blunt.

Asking a writer or artist if they “use AI” is an accusation, no matter how you dress it up. It’s not neutral. It implies you think their effort, style, or voice is artificial. It implies that their human work doesn’t look human enough for you.

You don’t protect the community by policing people who are actually creating from scratch. You protect it by supporting human creators, reporting confirmed AI misuse when there’s evidence, and learning the difference between this sounds different than what I’d write and this is machine-generated.

Writers—especially fanfic authors—already pour their time, emotion, and identity into what they share for free. They don’t owe anyone proof of authenticity on top of that. And if your question makes someone want to quit writing, it’s not protecting the community. It’s shrinking it.

If you’re not 100% sure, just scroll. AI ethics don’t need to turn into public inquisition season.

[edwardcreel]

“And if your question makes someone want to quit writing, it’s not protecting the community. It’s shrinking it.”

^^^^ this

[imnotdrinking]

[underaverage-overachiever]

I need you guys to walk with me here on 80s fantasy icemav

[andr33yy]

College!AU Icemav