#roosmav

[sexwithstilinskiandhale]

Ao3:

Me:

[nonscathingbullets]

Just a lil thing I made 😌

[devrmnt]

“c’mon mav!”

dedicated to @touchysoft

[touchysoft]

My favorite thing about the tgm script and the movie is that Bradley is already dead.

Maverick keeps seeing him as a ghost and keeps telling him, You're dead! during training.

Like Bradley has already died before he has even begun to live. And that's why Maverick pulled his papers. He doesn't see Bradley as a real person. He's never allowed Bradley to be his own person.

So many instances of Bradley being framed as if he were a dead character being remembered by the living. Or a ghost someone is seeing. He's called a ghost in the script. And described in ways that you would describe someone who is dead. He's someone's memory, not a living person. "Maverick looks past Rooster." He's not seeing Rooster. He's looking past him, as if he were a ghost he can see through.

"Rooster just stares at him." As if he were a ghost haunting Maverick, looking at him. How does Maverick respond to Rooster doing this? He tells Rooster, "Why are you dead?"

Bradley is "a little ghost in natural colors" following Maverick around. (Phrase borrowed from Lolita by Nabokov).

There's a line he says to Maverick, "Everything's dead back here." And we see a gaping black hole where Goose used to control the other half of the plane with Maverick.

Orpheus and Eurydice. Bradley comes back for Maverick. Maverick saves Bradley. But Bradley is already dead.

[movingmachine]

we should all just kill ourselves idk

[bradleysbradshaws]

Topgun40fest Day 1: "Colors"

I drew an art set based around two color-themed Taylor Swift songs: Red and Daylight. I love the poetically (and fatefully) intertwined relationships between Maverick and Goose, and Maverick and Rooster, and they are a huge part of TG's heart for me.

Thank you to @topgun40fest for hosting this event! Happy 40th Anniversary, Top Gun!!! :D

[kiivg]

.wet hot american.

[icemav86]

I’d love some Top Gun fic recs, please!

my major caveat here is that I don't know if there are specific ships, tropes or ratings you like, or if you prefer fic related to one of the two movies, so I'm going to share a pretty wide range and assume you're starting fresh. happy to narrow this down if you want something more specific, but these are all personal favs.

I'm going to start with what I think are three icemav classics, written before TGM and ones I read years and years ago. They're all getting together fics.

Kings of the Air by fabularasa, 25k, mature. This is probably the first TG fic I ever read, and the one I've read the most. I feel like it set the bar for icemav for me.

What You Don’t Know by chemm80, 7.7k, explicit. Another fic I first read eons ago, and still one of my absolute favs. Maverick finds Iceman handcuffed to his bed. He has a hard time getting over it.

Ship to Shore by thecarlysutra / @icemankazansky, 2.8k, mature. Another fic I've read so many times. The premise is simple and perfectly executed. Maverick has been teaching at TOPGUN for about ten weeks when he gets a postcard.

In general, for icemav, you're never going to go wrong with fic by thecarysutra, susiecarter/ @susiecarter, qin_ling, or anthonyedwardstark/ @eighteaseven. Their fic is just consistently good, and you can find a lot of variety.

under the cut, I have more recs for a bunch of different ships including more icemav

icemav

Separation by elwenyere/ @elwenyere, 7k, mature. This is maybe more about Ice than specifically icemav, but god, it's gorgeous. I love fic where Ice has to learn to accept himself. Ice has a security deposit box at a storage facility under a false name. There isn’t much in it - no tax records or family heirlooms - just three letters from a boy he met at summer camp, a blurry Polaroid of a man’s back stretched out against motel sheets, and a copy of Nan Goldin’s The Ballad of Sexual Dependency.

Hello Stranger by serie11/ @oathkeeperoxas, 25k, teen. This is serie's first icemav fic and they have a lot of great ones to follow. It leaves me warm and fuzzy. Five weddings Ice and Maverick attend, and one wedding where they get married. Or, Five times Ice hesitated, and one time he didn’t.

the further on the edge, the hotter the intensity by StoriesofmyLife, 24k, explicit. One of my fav icemav 5 times fics. It's smutty and sweet and one I'll always rec. (All of their TG fic is great!)

say you’ll be my wife tonight by babygirl_linds, 6k, explicit. I have no idea if this is your vibe, but god, I think this fic is so hot. It's feminization roleplay, instigated by a lieutenant throwing shit at Mav and I can't tell you how many times I've read it.

hangster

My Whole Existence Is Flawed by Anonymous, 2.8k, explicit. Idk if you read omegaverse, but this may be my favorite omegaverse fic of all time. Hangman is an alpha who wants to be an omega.

signs point to yes by magdarko/ @magdarko, 10k, explicit. I think of this as the "pool fic" in my head. Jack and Bradley in a bar. Upping the ante until everything tips over. (magda has a lot of really good hangster fic)

caught me by surprise by emseebeans. @emseebeans, 5k, mature. Bradley and Jake hook-up after the mission. It's a one-time, casual thing. Until it's not.(or, five times Jake says Bradley isn’t his boyfriend, and the one time he realizes that might not be true.) This is a theme with my recs, but I love everything emseebeans writes.

Men Like Us by DancingDisaster, 41k, mature. This is a "finding each other again" fic.

other ships

I tried to just pic a few or I'd be here for hours, but if there's a ship you're into or want more of, lmk.

goosemav: whatiwouldnotgive/ @whatiwouldnotgive2 has written all of my favorite goosemav fic. I'd start with show me the way home (with your boots beneath my bed), 22k, explicit

hangmav: the third law of motion by alwaysbuddy (kamsangi), 13k, explicit. this is the first hangmav fic I read and it's still one of my absolute favorites. a great getting together fic with characterizations that feel real.

roosmav: Race You'll Never Win by atlanticslide, 13k, explicit. This is the fic that sold me on the ship. Pete’s whole life is based on split second decisions made without much thought. On the run, behind enemy lines, it's cold and dark and they don't have much for warmth. You know the drill.

roosmav: Borrowed Time by DietTonicDaughter, 34k, explicit. It was different, seeing Pete Mitchell now. As an adult. The anger, indignation, and fear had all clouded that simple fact, and now that they were on the same page, and just-barely not dead, he could breathe and really look at it. The wanting. The attraction. The glimpses of easy compatibility that make Rooster hurt in a hollow, lonely way, like the first bite of food on an empty stomach. And god, does he want to kiss Maverick. Someday. It’s a classic, slow-burn, friends-to-lovers type of jive.

I'm stopping here for now, or I never will, but I hope you find something you like in these recs! I have recs for poly ships and het ships, too, but I've got dinner plans lol.