In the process of avoiding newmann, I tripped straight into chaleigh. . . (deja vu ppl? or is that just me?)
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In the process of avoiding newmann, I tripped straight into chaleigh. . . (deja vu ppl? or is that just me?)
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pacrim started flooding my tiktok feed so i figured it was time to come out of retirement
so i’ve noticed that there’s usually two versions of Chuck in fics, so i’m curious about which one people prefer or if there’s other portrayals of him that y’all like
version one is usually a Chuck who’s focused on jaeger duties. he wants to be productive as much as possible and in doing so, he unintentionally isolates himself from everyone else. he doesn’t leave the shatterdome unless it’s for work stuff. bro has 0 friends and no Max doesn’t count.
version two is a Chuck who tries to socialize but loses his patience / doesn’t know how / finds it tiring. he’s had flings but they’re always eh (+ drifting with Herc later on just ruins it). he does go out, he does try new hobbies here and there. OR he is good at socializing when given breathing room. bottom line for this version is that he actually does something other than work.
Digging through the Pacific rim here on Tumblr like raccoon through trash because I am more than a decade late to the fandom. There's still some active surprisingly but it's also mostly those scientist duo I'm seeing. I get it but I'm not as captivated about them as I am the main characters: Raleigh, mako, chuck, etc. Found family, hope and grief intertwined, people resigned to their possible fate and yet, still willing to fight.
I didn't expect to like this story this much. So many possibilities, the terrible political situation because I don't believe all was well and such after the pitfall operation, the thing called the public, the whole celebrity thing, I don't think everyone entirely likes the whole Jaeger program (case in point, those politicians), you can't please everyone after all, the aftermath of being the survivors, there's victory yes, but also great loss now that it's all over. You can't deny the existence of people like that guy that runs the black market thing too, people who made a living off of the whole Jaeger and Kaiju thing whatnot. Also, the reality that humanity, if not untied against a common enemy, start targeting each other. Wait, it's getting a bit too pessimistic, but I do like exploring complexities in stories.
Though I'm posting a little late, the first drawing was made to celebrate Aaron Taylor Johnson's birthday. I only had one hour available to draw that day, but I made it work.
The piece is based off of a photograph of Aaron at an Omega Watch event in London called Planet Ocean a few months ago. I just loved the blue of the suit and how well it was styled.
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Secondly, I wanted to draw a little bit of middle aged Chaleigh (Raleigh Becket x Chuck Hansen), and was very happy to find such a cute pose for them. Raleigh's look is based off of Charlie Hunnam's photoshoot for Tudum Magazine. Meanwhile, the only thing Chuck has changed over the years is how he styles his hair and he accidentally ended up copying Raleigh former look in the process!
A little headcanon: Raleigh has gone through a few different looks over the years. Initially after Pitfall, he grew his hair out a bit (think Jax Teller in S1-S2) as he healed and destressed from the intensity of PPDC work and Jaeger Piloting. He eventually settled with a shorter look, but decided to grow out a bit of a beard. Chuck hated the change at first, but eventually came to like it.
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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
After many years and nearly 115K words, I have officially and completely finished my long-form Chaleigh fic.
God, it feels like forever since I started this by forming a brainchild after seeing this Tumblr post from 2013 and falling in love with the scene so much I decided to write an entire story around it.
To quickly summarise the premise, the story is basically an AU where Raleigh is a nerd and instead of becoming a Wall construction worker after Knifehead, Raleigh accepts Stacker's offer to become an engineer for Striker Eureka in Sydney instead.
There is a lot of angst, so mind the tags if you decide you want to check it out. But it ends happily, I promise you!
Also, shameless plug to a Chaleigh Discord server if any of y’all wanted to just hang out here!
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