my father said to me once that one of the things he deeply regretted was not putting music on for his father while he was fading away. he told me that grandpa would just sit in his old armchair in the quiet, and not until after he’d passed did my dad think of how he could have played of his favorite classical music tapes for him so grandpa could listen to something while he still could. i was very young when this happened and not much older when my dad told me this, but it always stuck with me as something important.
my mother died at home in a hospice cot, slowly shutting down over the course of about a week. when she had stopped responding, i remembered what dad told me about wishing he’d played music for grandpa, and i put the radio on her favorite country music station and kept it on for her until she died.
daddy died in hospital. no cassette players, no decent radios. the day after he was brought in, i thought again of what he told me, and i bought a little portable bluetooth speaker. even though he never woke up, was never aware, i played music for him too.
there’s no real significance to sharing this, not really. my motivation is selfish, again: i just want to hope that someone might think of this when their loved one is stuck in silence somehow, and maybe they’ll play music for them, and they won’t have to regret not doing so. i want to hope it helps someone. and i want to hope that someone will remember my dad with me, even in just a “story i read on the internet” way.
just saw this and i find it kinda funny that i posted this and then my next post is a captain barnacles fanfic i wrote that is very angst
so i literally went "fuck it, i'll do it myself"
fuck you octonauts brainrot
someone recc me captain barnacles angst or literaly anything
i cannot be picky rn
the people have spoken
OKAY I NEED SUGGESTIONS FOR A FIC
The fic is gonna be 5 + 1 featuring Pete & Carole siblings hc!!! It's gonna be around birthdays so its bout to be angsty but i have two ideas:
1. mav and carole having the same birthday, the five times they celebrated seperated it apart and the one time mav celebrated it truly alone.
(they dont necessarily have to be twins— could just be a coincidence that caroles baby bro was born on her birthday!)
2. 5 times mav surprised carole on her birthday and the 1 time she managed to surprised him.
(they have seperate bdays in this one)
3. kind of a take from option 1: five letters from Mav and Carole of when they couldnt attend eachothers birthdays but still wished them a happy birthday and the time after caroles death where he writes her a final letter.
IceMav wedding day with their exchanged feathers in pride of place ♥
A couple of days ago I answered this ask: clickety and added a bit of worldbuilding vvv
Although also consider: voluntarily grounding or at least 'inconveniencing' themselves to show how important the other person is ♡ ('You. Voluntarily flying less. Hm.' Ice didn't have to sound THAT skeptical, geez. 'Counter argument; I finally get to show off your hardware in my wings, I want to do it all the way.' More softly, 'Come on, Ice. You have to know I'd choose you, right?' No answer forthcoming as Iceman sort of melts and just folds Mav up in a borderline clingy hug)
and I am now invested.
Picture Mav, strutting around flashing the physical symbol of his and Ice's bond to anyone who even glances at him. And now picture him relentlessly throwing himself into the sky, taking tumbles and almost breaking his neck multiple times before he figures out how to compensate for the disruption in his flight feathers. Picture him trotting Ice out to watch him. Ice watching the love of his life proudly wearing his feathers, adapting his entire way of flying to be able to carry Ice with him when he takes to the skies (And Ice is so proud, and besotted, and also relieved because he never wants to be responsible for taking the sky from Maverick, even if it's temporarily and voluntarily chosen)
fuck you octonauts brainrot
someone recc me captain barnacles angst or literaly anything
i cannot be picky rn
Okay Top Gun fandom, I have a serious question…
Can Ice dance? Not ballroom, but like club dancing. Can he serve on the dance floor? Because — I don't think he can.
Now, Mav yes, absolutely.
Ice, no way in Hell.
Opinions?
I'm back!!!!
So these are the first batch of MWII MP operator cosplay guides. I decided to stick to the standard skins for these six, due to both popular demand and level of detail. I've found some of the other skins released for some characters to be too fantastical or not bearing enough realistic detail to be worth a breakdown.
Anyway, I've got six people here for everyone: three from SPECGRU and three for KORTAC.
A reminder for those who are a little out of the loop:
Some of what you may see may not be commercially available as it either might be government sales only, or not physically exist in that colour/pattern.
If you have any questions about what you see here, or any suggestions, corrections, or requests, please don’t hesitate to leave it as a note or in a reblog!
And please share this (and past and future) post around, so as many people can see it as possible. I want to share and spread this knowledge with as many as possible!
Guides are under the cut!
SPECGRU:
KORTAC:
Thanks again for all of your ongoing support! It's the notes and reblogs that make this worth doing!
top gun : maverick but edited to
I set him loose on purpose
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