We had some turbulence, but it was great. It was beautiful flying. It was really fun. Everything you wanted it to be? Yeah. You always want more. We always want more.
Tom Cruise Behind the Scenes of Top Gun: Maverick (2022) dir. Joseph Kosinski
Luther’s description and background in the novelization adaption of the first film. Most of this is probably not considered Canon but thought it was neat and useful for anyone writing about Luther.
If you don't know her, Dani Donovan is an artist who makes these great ADHD comics. You've probably seen her comics even if you don't know her name:
These are just a few of my favorites, but there are a TON more on her website and Instagram. She's also the one behind the Anti-Planner workbook, if you've heard of that.
Yesterday, she sent out an email to her mailing list explaining that her business is really struggling:
I've been going back and forth on whether to say this. But authentic honesty is my whole thing, so here goes.
I'm fucking exhausted, dude. I've been putting out fires for a Very Long Time and keep getting hit back down before I can fully stand back up.
I've got a link at the bottom of this email to a blog post with way more details about wtf has been happening with my business. (I've held a lot back over the last 2 years.) [here is the blog post]
The reason it's so scary is that admitting everything that's gone wrong behind the scenes is vulnerable and I feel like a pretty massive failure.
TL;DR is I've had to downsize my team from 7 people to just me and my husband, which is making things wayyyy harder. My business is in a really scary spot right now.
Given all that, my upcoming launches are about to be the make-or-break moments for my company. And I'm so nervous I won't be able to pull it off in time.
But over the last year, I've had tons of awesome people like you tell me in supportive DMs, emails, and IRL:
"When you need help, put out the bat signal—your people will show up."
So, uh…
Your support right now will genuinely make a difference. A ticket, a share, or just forwarding this to one friend who might really like this upcoming launch.
If it's not the right time or it's just not for you—I completely get it. Shit is rough all around these days, and I 1000% get it.
Your existing support already means more than I can say. 💖
I don't know Dani personally or anything, I'm just an ADHDer who's been a fan of her comics for years and enjoys her blog posts. From the blog post about her business, she's in a rough spot and I thought Tumblr would want to know. She has the Anti-Planner, posters of her comics, and a bunch of other different neurodiversity-related merch available at her store here. I just grabbed two of my favorite posters I've wanted forever and some stickers.
300+ hand-illustrated pages by award-winning ADHD creator Dani Donovan. 100K+ sold. Activity book, PDF bundles, card decks, and merch for AD
She's also holding an online event, a 2-hour “How to Get Sh*t Done When You Don't Feel Like It” Masterclass + Workshop, which you can learn more about/register for here. (this is also linked in the quoted email I copy/pasted above). I think it comes with some Anti-Planner merch as well? It sounds really helpful for all of us neurodiverse folks.
A live 2-hour masterclass from Anti-Planner creator Dani Donovan, 27 activity PDFs, and the full framework for getting unstuck. Grab your se
Anyway, just wanted to share in case others have been looking at her merch like me, or for folks interested in webinars - now is the time! Please reblog/signal boost if you'd like!
you know whats funny is i have a distinct memory of turning to my husband after watching the first mission impossible and saying "I appreciate that the main character didn't have a tragic backstory. You dont see that a lot in action franchises."
The Top Gun fandom treating Mav like some sort of self-destructive, unsocialized, bratty, feral cat that Ice needs to train and discipline will forever and ever be my villain origin story
Mav is a highly competent, highly skilled, highly trained, and highly decorated fighter pilot and Naval officer and is every single inch Ice's equal, which is THE ENTIRE GODDAMN POINT of their 30 year friendship-slash-relationship
They both learn from each other in the first film and have decades of loyalty in the second film and you don't get that sort of deep trust in each other without it being a relationship built on mutual love and admiration for each other's talents and for knowing exactly where each other's strengths lie
They may have differing methods for how they Get Shit Done, but they respect each other more than anything else, thank you for coming to my Ted Talk
(ps, Ice is more of a brat to Mav in canon than Mav is to Ice - the only person Mav is an actual brat to in either film is Charlie)
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