surgeee that spongebob as a grandpa video is giving me navy x marines feelings for some reason 😭 Like all I can think now is Marines (big, tough, live with no regrets kinda guy) getting massively hurt and he'll live obviously but it doesn't make it any easier. He's lost a lot of blood but just got stitched up and pushed back to his own rack with minimal supervision because there's others that are worse, but as soon as the fighting dies down Navy (usually would rather die then be tied down to anything/one) refuses to leave his side. Marines just delirious and on the brink of death because for a personification to heal from something like that they gotta die first and just;
"Douglas, I'm sorry I was never your husband"
"what else were you? You've looked after me, you've made me feel safe, we've been on all kinds of adventures you and me. I don't need any peice of paper to tell me, that I am yours and you are mine"
like shut up, stupidest video to make me think of them.
I don't know what I expected you to say after "spongebob as a grandpa" but this isn't it, what video are you talking about???
that said, aww!!!! navy finding something (someone that is) that he thinks is worth staying around for, and marines learning to accept his help after having to tell himself that the people who are hurt worse deserve the help more- so much hurt/comfort potential, both with the obvious marines being injured and with navy being so worried about him. they give me feelings <333
anyway u know how the creator of Star Trek Gene Roddenberry was in the Army Air Forces? I’m taking this to mean not only is Airy a Trekkie (understandable) but Army def is too. Like they watched every episode of the original and Air was dragging a “begrudging” Army to cons with her, mailing him hand written Captain Kirk x Spock fan fic (bc we KNOW she was one of the og shippers) and he’s reading that shit with his morning coffee. The first tv show space force ever watched was Star Trek bc Army and Air decreed she had to, but now Air Force is living one of those “when your kids find your ao3” posts. regrets posting it online bc now space is complaining about it being unfinished while Air is standing there, guilt-ridden, bc she is the one who never finished it.
sorry for taking so long to answer this but in my defense I wanted to keep it for myself in my inbox because this is the funniest thing ever
air force mailing army handwritten spock fics is hilarious and iconic. love that for her. army might pretend to be above it but he cheers out loud at the first kiss in every fic. his neighbors are mildly concerned
and oh my GOD space complaining about an unfinished fic and air just sitting there like
Hi surge I’m sending u branches rambles again so I don’t feel like I’m talking to the void lol
so I’ve been pondering their ranks and have decided to just like make ones up more or less (I’m trying to draw the insignias it’s going Bad) so here’s some details around them;
All of their rank insignias have 3 stars somewhere in them as the only human that outranks them are four star generals/admirals
(and rank be damned no four star in their right mind would ignore the personifications opinion) (a lot of them are often not in their right mind tho)
they are addressed as either the highest enlisted rank or the second highest officer rank.
for officer: Army, Marines, Nat’l Guard, and Air Force are all Lieutenant Generals; Navy and Coast Guard are both Vice Admirals. Only current exception is Space Force who is addressed as a Captain bc she’s literally 5.
For enlisted: Army & Marines are both Sergeant Major. Air Force is a Chief Master Sergeant. Navy and Coast Guard are both Master Chief Petty Officer. Nash can use either Sergeant Major or Chief Master Sergeant depending on what name tape he’s wearing. And yet again Space Force is an exception for now, she’s just a plain old Sergeant.
typically whether they use the officer or enlisted rank depends on the situation, but 90% of the time they’ll use their enlisted rank over the officer rank.
anyway thank u for listening
ooh I always love your ideas :DDD
"a lot of them are often not in their right mind" lmaooo just imagining someone talking back to one of the branches and they just look at this random four star like 😐
space force being a certified Exception™ is so real. she's just a baby
honestly love the research you've put into this. this is incredible
Since Hamilton founded the Coast Guard, does CG know all the lyrics to the musical?
He absolutely does, the Adams administration is his favorite song just because it’s the one he’s mentioned in. Coast has forced the other branches to watch Hamilton no less then 7 times, but they have to skip Stay Alive every time unless they want to listen to Army talk about valley forge for 17 hours straight.
Coast Guard: guys this is my big part!
“Creator of the coast guard-“
The rest of the branches: …
Coast Guard: isn’t it great :D!
(also bc nerdy TECHNICALLY Hamilton didn’t found the USCG he founded the US Revenue Cutter Service which merged in 1915 with the US Lifesaving Service to become the Coast Guard.)
hiii surge, i'm here to bother you with branches thoughts again. I was wondering how the Branches get called to the table (Nash and Army just kinda showed up with someone else, and Coast Guard was... literally called. with a phone.) I think their recruiting slogans would be kinda funny;
Army = Be All You Can Be
Marine Corp = The Few. The Proud. The Marines.
Navy = Forged by the Sea
Air Force = Aim High
Coast Guard = Protect. Defend. Save.
Nat'l Guard = Always Ready, Always There.
Space Force = I can't actually find one for them, but someone said "The Sky is Not the Limit" and I like it so.
they'd need silly ones too, Chair Force Jokes would probably get Air (and maybe even Space) Force to show up. Same with calling Coast 'puddle pirate', or maybe listing the Branches and leaving him out. I can also imagine Gov asking for Marines and Florida pulling out a box of crayons and being like "Mmm fresh crayola, my favorite!" and it works. gov is banging his head on the table why does that work.
hiii :D
this is gonna be a long one so I'll throw a cut down here. for my own sanity
ok I've never heard those recruiting slogans before? idk how I managed to avoid them, but somehow I didn't recognize a single one. but I looked them up, yk, so I could have some context, and I found the FUNNIEST website istg. the link is here but I'm gonna include screenshots of basically the whole article because every single sentence made me laugh
starting with our buddy army!
um. gen alpha army??? giving ipad kid.
apparently they used this slogan in late 1900s, then changed it in 2001, and after trying out "army of one," "warriors wanted," "what's your warrior?" and a few others, came back to this one in 2023. I can just imagine gov trying to figure out which slogan to use to call him because of how often he changes it lol
next, the marines. gonna be real I'm a tøp fan so my first thought was "the few the proud the emotional reference???" still not sure if there's any connection between the two. will look into this later
to everyone reading this: I'll give you $10 if you make a fanfic / comic / whatever where marines says "we're a cult and the Kool aid tastes like kill"
navy!!
haha yeah. this feels very navy. confused and stressed out. love that for him
air force, perhaps my personal favorite
hey, she worked for it! she thinks she's better than everyone else and she's RIGHT!
side note the song "everybody loves me" by onerepublic always makes me think of air force. same vibe as this slogan
coast guard, also up there in my top 3 branches (along with, ofc, air and space)
I didn't know what this meant at first but. apparently. this is what the army does during peacetime
coast guard took this photo then went inside to watch while eating popcorn btw
national guard, "always ready, always there"- tragically not included in the funny article I found
I'm not much of a harry potter fan but "constant vigilance" lives rent free in my mind and this slogan is giving "constant vigilance" iykwim. nat's sleeping with one eye open. I'm sure this is completely ok for his mental health. all the branches are, I'm sure, historically very mentally stable :)
finally, space! I love her
this is really keeping in line with the "we don't know what space force is doing but she may or may not be doing something" hc. love that. she's just there yk? she's around. she's trying to figure out which slogan sounds coolest
as for the funny slogans, "puddle pirate" is actually my favorite thing ever now lol
oh and for convenience, here's an additional ask sent on this topic:
I love "in the navy"! I hadn't heard "john paul jones" before I got this ask but that's pretty good too haha. I'm imagining gov getting florida to call navy and instead florida calls texas and tells him to play this song. bc don't tell me texas doesn't know how to play guitar
and. another thing I'd never heard before. (I'm learning a lot of things through this ask.) the marines eating crayons gag?? that's crazy, I went down a shallow rabbit hole about it, can't believe I've never heard it before
for your enjoyment, here's another link to an article about crayon flavors marines would actually enjoy, including but not limited to, "room temperature pabst blue ribbon," "dry socks and ibuprofen," and "blood of the enemy."
whew. ok. I'm sick so I've had little to do all day but respond to this ask, so thanks for providing emotional sustenance in these rough and trying times, as I go through mental and physical hell (having a cold and mild fever). as always, your ideas made me very happy :D
Hello. I offer u a branches thought in honor of aroweek of Coast Guard and Air Force in a qpr. they didn't even mean to end up in anything more then friendship but because Airy and Coastie hang out together a lot bc they're the only ones that consistently respect each other, Space spent a lot of her formative days around Coast (i mean space is only five so u could argue she still is in her formative days) and next thing you know she's asking Airy if they can spend MORE time with him and Air is confused but sure. and next thing u know its been two years they're basically functioning as this odd little family unit whenever they're together and Airy and Coastie both know they care very deeply for each other and almost feel like they need to force it to be romantic?? which makes them drift apart, and tbh they might have never talked about it but Space got sad bc they weren't spending as much time together anymore and need for Space To Not Be Sad far outweighs Awkward Conversation About Relationship Status. I think Airy would bring it up first bc Coast (& Navy) is GREAT at stamping down emotions and avoiding awkward conversations bc it's simply a survival skill when stuck on a boat with someone u have a bad/weird relationship with for months on end. Dump of emotions that basically consist of (from both sides) "I liked seeing your face every day but as soon as I realized I liked seeing your face every day I got scared because usually thats what would be the sign to take the relationship to the 'next level' and i hated that idea and can we just go back to whatever we had going on before because I miss seeing your face every day."
Army, Navy and Marines do think they're dating but have no actual proof and tbh they're all kinda scared to ask Space about it bc she's a little cryptic and even Marines gets unnerved when he has to look her in the eyes and witness the vastness of outer space where no one can hear you scream. Airy and Coastie DO know about this rumor and they could dismiss it or they could lean into bc they're both little shits who very rarely get this kind of attention, about to announce they're getting married & formally adopting Space for the bit alone.
anyway thank you for listening happy aro awareness week from one aro to another :]
(sorry if you're not aro and I just misunderstood somewhere along the way lol)
first of all I completely missed this during aro week, sorry for the delay 😔
second of all yes, I am aro and this is a wonderful gift to receive from a fellow aro- even if I didn't see it until after aro week!
this is absolutely incredible. I always love to hear your thoughts- you always make me laugh with your headcanons. the bit about coast and navy being very good at avoiding awkward conversations is so real, I love that. also looking into space's eyes and experiencing the vastness of space pfff yeah that's canon as far as I'm concerned
also!! coast and airy!! aww!! the feeling of really liking someone but not wanting them to "like like" you is so relatable, I adore how you managed to put that feeling into words. this isn't the first I've heard of coast being in a qpr (apparently he just gives off those vibes), but it being with army is just. aaaagh I love this
Why the other branches think Air Force likes Captain Marvel so much: Carol Danvers was in the Air Force.
Why Air Force likes Captain Marvel so much: “I’m so proud of you. You’ve come a long way since I found you that day by the lake. But can you keep your emotions in check long enough to take me on? Or will they get the better of you as always? I always told you you’ll be ready the day you can knock me down as yourself; well this is that moment, this is that moment Vers, turn off the light show and prove, prove to me you can beat me without—“ “I have nothing to prove to you.” Hits so much harder while watching it when sitting in between Army & Marines the two people who routinely make fun of her for being weak/soft, who refuse to take her seriously regardless of how many times she outsmarts them because it doesn’t matter unless you’re using brute force. Not to mention Airy being the only woman in the boys club that was the branches (until Space came along), the jokes about being emotional were plentiful. She’s spent her entire existence trying her best to prove that she might never be as strong but she can make up for it, she can be smart, but then she’s just branded cocky and uptight. Until suddenly she realized… she had nothing to prove to them.
