Writing and Loose Thoughts

My side-blog (Main is twiceturned) If you like what I write, and want to get it + the shorter thoughts that don't make it to full-fledged stories (or haven't yet) this is the thing to follow. It will probably be multi-fandom eventually, but for now I'm all about Top Gun: Maverick

[thriceturned]

My Writing

Top Gun: Maverick

Each Beast Gets Her Burden Training day one: basic fighter maneuvers. It doesn't go as well as Phoenix thinks it could have – and she knows exactly who the problem is. He has a different idea. Phoenix/Hangman, T, 2.5k AO3, tumblr

Bombs Away Maverick finally gives in to his curiosity and asks Rooster what the deal is with Phoenix and Hangman. Rooster knows exactly what is up. Maybe. Probably. Possibly? Well, he knows who to ask. Set several months after the end of the movie. Gen and Phoenix/Hangman, T, ~1k AO3

Echoes Being back at Top Gun was bound to bring up old memories for Maverick. But it's not just the place that causes them to resurface. Sometimes, it's the people. This time it was Phoenix and Hangman. Gen, T, ~1K AO3

Got Your Number Bob has some parting words for Hangman, and it may be the funniest thing Rooster has seen all year. Just don’t tell Phoenix. Gen, slight Phoenix/Hangman, T, <1k AO3, tumblr

Direct Hit During training, Maverick consults with Phoenix. Gen, G, <1k AO3

Or browse my loose thoughts for incorrect quotes, pieces of ideas, brief dialogue, and anything else that doesn’t deserve the treatment of a full story.

[roy-co]

[thriceturned]

I still have a couple TGM fics in my WIP folder, but they've been there a couple years and I don't see them getting out anytime soon, which is a bummer.

However, I have been keeping up with some of Monica Barbaro's other projects, which means I just watched season two of FUBAR, which is Not Good, but I definitely did enjoy parts. And it's Not Good in a way that feels like there was potential, with better writing, for something really fun. I now I really wish I was the type of writer who could get longer stories done, so I could try writing my own version. But I'm not 😭

Anyway, if any of the (probably 3) people who watched FUBAR want to talk about it, I am here

[unicornships]

Glen Powell: And I recorded this line, that said “For all you folks listening at home, this is how you bury a fossil.” I wrote that and immediately after I said it, I was like “Oh my God, Tom’s gonna see this.” I was like really nervous, like I told you. Cos I went to Eddie’s thing and I was like “Has Tom seen this yet?” bcos you can totally cut some out right? I was just ripping on that one v one with Mav. I really kind of laid it on Mav. I really went at it. Joe: You had a notebook of like 30 ideas…and i was like “Do them all.”

LOL the tgm cast and even the directors love teasing Glen cos everyone was chiming in to answer eventho the question was directed at him. xD plus they all love roasting each other too <33 hope we’ll get more of this cast together at the award shows!

[twiceturned]

Marvel put the * at the end of Thunderbolts* but no one seems to be saying it out loud, it's always just "Thunderbolts"

Personally I will be attempting to change this, so from now on I'm calling it Thunderbolts PEW

[goddesspharo]

Parícutin 1943. A Mexican farmer sees smoke coming out of the middle of his cornfield. A week later there's a volcano a thousand feet high. There's no history of anything until it happens. Then there is. [Top Gun: Maverick x Volcano disaster!AU]

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Just re-read one of my Phoenix and Hangman ficlets (the one that basically exists because I thought of Hangman referring to Bob as "the other boyfriend" and was amused)

And now I've realized that clearly the progression from there is Hangman calling Phoenix "babe", which would naturally make Bob Babe's Other Boyfriend

[legitimately]

when you gain a new follower and they spam your notifs with likes and reblogs

[goddesspharo]

That's why we call him Hangman. He'll always hang you out to dry.

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Now You See Me fans!

(I know, there are like three people here cuz I showed up ten years late) (with Henley's Starbucks)

Were you a fan of magic (not the Gandalf kind) going into the movies? Would you categorize your knowledge of magic as either low, medium, or high?

Anyone who practices magic (amateurs included) is automatic high

Low example: "Didn't know how the bending spoon or mirrored box tricks worked"

Medium examples: "Knew a couple things / could educatedly guess at a few more" or "My friend does magic, so they've explained some things to me, but not necessarily stuff in the movies"

High examples: "Knew quite well which tricks were real versus Hollywood magic." Can fill in blank of "Atlas uses a [blank] to make the 7 of diamonds on the building trick work."

You don't have to be able to perform any magic.

Not making this a poll because even if you see this years after I post, I want an answer. One word answers or long-winded ones both happily accepted.

[formerlyfandy]

i mean like…. i liked magic but not enough to consider it an interest, but i guess you could say i was a fan? i would watch a magic show bc i thought it was cool

i had a mix of low and medium knowledge? like no i didnt know how the spoon or mirror box tricks worked but i did know how to flip/change a card and how the rain trick worked

[thriceturned]

Nice! Thanks for the specificity!

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I think My Lady Jane's anachronistic song choices (which I enjoy) should be leaned into further. Consider this scenario for a possible season two

Jane: We need to get out of England for a while, fast

Guildford: I've got an idea

Jane: What is it?

Soundtrack kicks on Gimme More: It's [Brittany] bitch

[thriceturned]

Now You See Me fans!

(I know, there are like three people here cuz I showed up ten years late) (with Henley's Starbucks)

Were you a fan of magic (not the Gandalf kind) going into the movies? Would you categorize your knowledge of magic as either low, medium, or high?

Anyone who practices magic (amateurs included) is automatic high

Low example: "Didn't know how the bending spoon or mirrored box tricks worked"

Medium examples: "Knew a couple things / could educatedly guess at a few more" or "My friend does magic, so they've explained some things to me, but not necessarily stuff in the movies"

High examples: "Knew quite well which tricks were real versus Hollywood magic." Can fill in blank of "Atlas uses a [blank] to make the 7 of diamonds on the building trick work."

You don't have to be able to perform any magic.

Not making this a poll because even if you see this years after I post, I want an answer. One word answers or long-winded ones both happily accepted.

[thriceturned]

NYSM AU 👁️👁️?? NYSM AU, you say 👁️👁️??

I enjoyed the NYSM movies, but I also think a lot of the pieces they had could have been arranged differently (better). And also there's stuff that narrative-wise that I personally don't like (example: I'm almost never a fan of all-seeing, all-knowing organizations), and points in the movie(s) I don't think they played fair with the audience.

But I like the concept, the mix of characters, and I love a con/heist story. So I have this vaguely coalescing plan for a canon-divergent AU. (Diverging before the movie begins, so anyone who's seen the movies will still have to play along, assuming I write it.)

Unfortunately, I'm more of a character sketch/short story writer. So I doubt my own ability to write it. But it's an intriguing enough idea that I might manage to produce a few pieces.

[carryonlikewedidbefore]

The real crime of My Lady Jane is that there are no hung like a horse jokes about Guildford

[thriceturned]

He's too busy trying not to be hanged while a horse

[twiceturned]

I wish I knew how to create gifs, because there are three moments in My Lady Jane that serve as visual references to other comedic/satire/romance movies, and I've only seen one pointed out. And I want to point out the other two, but it would be so much funnier if I could do it with the visuals

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Me: It's weird that I've gotten stuck on Now You See Me and My Lady Jane at the same time. They have like nothing in common.

The part of my brain that I cannot control: There is one thing

Me: Uh oh

Tpombticc: Horseman

Me: ... Why are you like this?

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"You know Cups and Balls, right? Of course you do. Oldest trick in the book. Magician says Hey, I've got three cups and three balls, watch me make them disappear, reappear, swap, all that shit.

"And if you want understand what's going on, want to unravel the trick, you gotta start by understanding, there aren't three balls. There are, at minimum, four of them."