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[stopstopstopit]

Generation Kill text posts 3/?

[thefanfic-collective]

How The Guys From Generation Kill Would React To Watching The Bachelor With You

Brad Colbert: Silent judgment the whole time. He'd sit there stoically, arms crossed, occasionally making dry, cutting remarks like, "That's a tactical mistake," when someone gives a bad rose ceremony speech. Secretly gets invested but refuses to admit it.

Ray Person: He lives for this kind of drama. He'd be yelling at the screen, making up nicknames for all the contestants, and placing fake bets on who's going home. Drinks beer, eats all of your snacks, and brings chaos. "Bro! This is fucking nuts! She is giving red flag energy!"

Doc Bryan: Watches it like a psychology case study. Offers deep analysis of the sontestants' behavior and how they probably have attachment issues. "This is a textbook example of insecure-avoidant dynamics"

Nate Fick: Tries to act like he's too mature for it, but ends up actually caring and asking, "Wait, didn't she already tell him she loved him? How's he saying that to someone else?" Gets emotionally involved by week 3.

Rudy Reyes: Is 100% here for the love story. He's spiritually connected to the journey and keeps talking about "energy" and "alignment." Probably tears up during the final rose.

Trombley: Doesn't really get what's going on. Asks random questions like, "So do they get to kill each other or what?" You just stare at him wondering if you should be worried or not and eventually make him run out to get take out so he doesn't make any more weird comments.

Gunny: Sits off to the side, pretending he does't care. Complains it's a "waste of time" but is somehow always there. Occasionally grumbles things like, "This is what's wrong with America," right before asking, "Wait, he picked him?"

Walt: Surprisingly thoughtful insights. Gets real quiet during emotional moments and occasionally hits you with, "Damn, that was actually kind of deep." Secretly roots for the underdog girl and won't admit it until the finale.

Q-Tip: Low-key stylish, totally into the fashion and vibes. Makes hilarious side commentary like, "That low cut dress? That's a tactical choice." Ruthlessly judges bad outfits and fake personalities. Keeps a mental list of who's "fake as hell" and who's "wifey material." Probably says, "She's not here for the right reasons," before anyone else does.

Evan Wright: Starts out watching like he's just taking notes for a sociological study. But after like one beer, he's yelling, "Oh COME ON, SHE DESERVES BETTER!" with you. Gives sharp commentary on production manipulation. "You can feel the producer's fingerprints all over this two-on-one date." Accidentally becomes the most emotionally invested.

Manimal: Maximum chaos. He is that guy who lives to stir the pot. He's loud, opinionated, and completely unpredictable. Every time someone gets eliminated, he yells, "Waste of a slot!" He also would try to start a drinking game with rules like "sip every time someone says 'vulnerable'." Has zero filter and will say things like "She's got red flag energy, bro, she's gonna burn your house down."

(Just a little something I put together quickly while I keep working on my request queue. Hope you all enjoy!)

[samcoesclub]

heard you was a proper bastard

[inglourious-imagines]

Through Trouble and Iraq (Walt Hasser x GN!Corpsman!Reader)

Requested by: @order-of-river-phoenix (hi!! love to see you back, first of all. i’d love to see you write a little something for my boy Walt Hasser with prompt 30, if you could. thank you <3) - anything for you ;))

Prompt: 30 – I was so stupid to make the mistake of falling in love with my best friend.

Summary: You are a Corpsman with the Marines and Walt just seems to go out of his way to find trouble so you could find him. Not that you mind. (Reader is part of Brad’s team and is in the seat instead of Reporter.)

Warnings: some f words, implied sex

A/N: First Gen Kill fic yaaay, so insecure but hope u like it.

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You did not mean to fall in love with Walt Hasser. But like many things, it has slowly crept on you, until one day, when you were laughing your ass off with him somewhere in the middle of the Iraqi dessert and he put his hand on your shoulder like he’s done so many times before, something changed.

You did not mean to fall in love with your best friend. Until you just did.

***

Ever since that little incident you’ve been a little too nervous around Walt and the fact that he’s been running to you with even the most ridiculous (non)injuries, really doesn’t help your cause. Because when he looks up at you with those eyes, with that innocent look of his, you would do anything he asked you to do.

For example, one time you were chatting about possible medical aid to the locals with doc Bryan and your team, more specifically Ray and Walt, was brewing some coffee as Ray more than excitedly announced to every single person, including probably even the Iraqis on the other side of the town. Bryan seemed more at ease that day and you love talking medical stuff with him, when suddenly you heard your name being called. You rolled your eyes, but smiled nonetheless because you would recognize that voice anytime and anywhere.

And when Bryan said: “I believe you got this one.” with a wink, you were blushing like a teenager as well. You still have no idea when Doc figured out you have it bad for Walt – and you intended for the matter to remain unknown to everyone for at least till the war is over, but Bryan found out despite your best efforts to hide your feelings.

To everyone else, Walt Hasser is your best friend, he’s always been and that’s what you have always said (to everyone, yourself included) but lately the word ‘friend’ has been more like a nightmare than a comfort to you.

You ran to your Humvee where Ray seconds ago had been brewing the espresso. Walt could be seen sitting just next to, holding his hand, looking at nothing in particular, and all red in face.

You smiled, as you kneeled in front of him. “What do we have here this time?”

“Oh, you know,” he started, avoiding your gaze, clearly a bit embarrassed by the whole situation, “I burnt my hand.”

You bit your lip to prevent yourself from laughing, but Ray laughing in the driver's seat certainly wasn’t helping. “C’mon, I’m sure it’s not that bad.”

He extended his hand to you to show you the damage done and this time you let out an amused chuckle. “Walt,” you laughed softly, “there’s barely anything on your skin. It’s just a bit red.”

He blushed at your words, looking you in the eye for the first time. “Alright, just wanted it get it checked by you, that’s all."

“That’s not the only thing he wanted checked out.” Ray laughed in the Humvee that made the man in front of you blush even harder than before and downright disappear from your sight.

That wasn’t the first time Ray has made a comment about Walt and you with a certain subtext but every single time when you pushed him about it, he just laughed it off. Of course, there was a time when you let yourself believe that perhaps, you might be the luckiest person on this entire planet because the person you are in love with is also in love with you, but then you let your intrusive thoughts won again and threw the whole ridiculous notion behind.

***

It is a hot day, not that any day in the dessert hasn’t been hot, but you somehow manage to ignore the weather. Your hands are sweating nonetheless as you’re gripping your weapon, your eyes squinting, looking out into your sector. Ray is humming some melody you don’t recognize – he is not off tune as he normally is but you’re not in the mood today for his signing because you know once he starts humming, a solo is coming too.

“Hey Ray, if you could do one thing in the world, what would you do?” you say. It’s the most ridiculous save but it’s the only one you can think of so you’re going with it.

Ray doesn’t even need a second to ponder. “J.Lo.”

Trombley bursts out laughing, and you just know Brad is smiling.

“Should have seen that one coming,” you say, chuckling.

“And you?” Brad surprisingly joins on the hypothetical conversation, “who would you do?”

You’re only taking a breath when Ray casually, as if it’s a common knowledge, answers for you: “That’s fucking easy. Our Walt here.”

The laughter dies in your throat. His comment surprises you so much that your mind is left blank, and you have absolutely no comeback to shoot back at him. Only after a few seconds you manage to get out of yourself a poor “What the fuck, Person?”.

You’re very much aware how Walt is awfully quiet up on the roof but you don’t blame him.

“Oh, relax!” Ray says, his voice full of pure joy and excitement, “Walt would most definitely do you too.”

That finishes you off.

“I’ll be damned,” Brad chuckles in the front, shaking his head, “and I thought you’re one blind motherfucker. But look how they’re both quiet.”

“They should at least fucking thank me. I saved them a lot of time.”

You manage to lean into a position from which you can see Walt’s face and you find him already looking at you. His cheeks are bright red and he’s smiling and he’s beautiful. You can feel the smile forming on your lips.

“Thanks, Ray,” you hear yourself say without breaking eye contact and Walt laughs and you could swear it is the most precious thing in the world.

“No problem, but me and the band? We’re getting back together just for your fucking wedding!”

[indigosandviolets]

i think the real beauty of Generation Kill, compared to Band of Brothers and The Pacific, is that it’s not set up with beautiful shots or epic scores or in any way tries to glorify and honor the people who were a part of OIF or the Iraq War. the beauty of GK lies in its humanity and that’s why it wasn’t received well by the general public.

the thing is, the beauty of GK lies in the humanity it brings to the Recon Marines. it shows the general public what these people, who were trained to be killing machines, actually love and care for and value in their lives. it shows how they still sing (Ray) how serious they can be (Brad and Nate) and it shows just how different each of these people are. it shows how different people take their fuck-ups in the war and addresses each of them in different manners (Trombley when he shoots the kid on the camel, doesn’t have to do a write up and his actions for shooting a civilian are only addressed by his fellow marines, not by higher-ups; Walt making a call that almost all of them were prepared to make, “if you weren’t going to take the shot i was”, and him having a whole arc over that within two episodes and having to do a write up and we never see Walt exactly the same afterwards).

GK doesn’t attempt to glorify the Iraq War, in any way, shape, or form. It simply doesn’t. multiple characters address why they shouldn’t be there, that the war is unnecessary, that they’re just doing their jobs because they felt like they had to, how some of them aren’t going to reenlist, and it shows that they hate the war as much as everyone watching it go down. Though these guys have been trained to be absolute killing machines, they’re still humans. They make mistakes. They face the repercussions of their actions in some form or another, each in different ways.

Now, why did a show perfectly portraying the way Marines spoke, ate, acted, and did while still giving them a sense of humanity and reasons to sympathize with them not get received well by the general public? Because that’s not what they wanted. It’s the same reason Jarhead wasn’t received well. The general public didn’t want to watch GK because it didn’t have the action they had been promised with shows like BoB and movies like Saving Private Ryan. It didn’t have the men making tough but precise calls for the betterment of the company, it instead had the higher-ups making shitty and incompetent calls that aren’t for the betterment of the company or the war at all.

They even attempted to glorify the war in the show, but they showed that it just doesn’t work. The only person left watching the documentary Lilly put together is Trombley, and that’s because he actually thinks that they’re doing the right thing. He doesn’t feel sorry for what he did to the kid on the camel. The only man left watching is a fucking sociopath, unafraid to watch Lilly’s documentary because he doesn’t feel any remorse for his actions or the actions of his Battalion. He’s representative of the people who went into GK who thought that the war was necessary, no matter what actions were taken. He’s the general public, who have glorified war after war after war without realizing the consequences each of those wars and how they affected the people involved.

Sorry, this is getting to be a rant, I could do a whole video essay on this.

TLDR; GK wasn’t received by the general public well like BoB and The Pacific because it shows the humans behind a war.

[biggaybrad]

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[sunnygreys]

them singing tainted love layered to the soft cell track w additional crack scenes, psycho trombley and a side of reporter. you're welcome

other crack edit here

[ipseduo]

“Gearing up.” Doc may give you shit, but he’ll guarantee you’re squared away before you step off. 

Generation Kill Episode Two: Cradle of Civilization. 

Doc: Close your fucking FLAC vest. Where’s your delta tourniquet? C’mon Trombley. Fucking keep it.. here.

Doc: Where the fuck d’you get this? 

Reporter: Ebay.

Doc: Ebay?

Doc: Christopher?

Christopher: Yeah Doc?

Doc: You got river tape?

Christopher: Yeah sure,

Doc: Thank you, sir. 

Doc (to Nate): I got this. 

Rudy: *Chanting in the background.*

Doc: This lunatic doesn’t even know he’s in Iraq. Think’s he’s a super hero.. in some Japanese comic.

Rudy: I put my on my super hero uniform every day I’m in the corps, brother. Oorah. I hope we find our true dharma.