My Personal Headcanon As To Why Ice Wears Sweatpants In The Volleyball Scene Is That The Night Before,

Lmfaooo you go Ice

That Ice not only has the massive mural of Icemav after the Layton Rescue in the hall, but then also has his current admiral portrait directly opposite as though gazing upon it and Mav?

Iconic Admiral Shit.

Not subtle, but iconic work nonetheless

😫😫😫my heart

Steve breaking Tony's heart, and Tony giving him the last piece

Jzjziznusbeidnaomfk🤭❤️‍🔥

Another IceMav snippet!

“Sleep prints, you say?” he says in nothing more than a whisper. Maverick barely catches the murmur, watching Iceman’s lips move as he speaks. Iceman’s hand slots against his face, holding Maverick’s chin between his thumb and index, the rest of his fingers grazing his neck. Iceman’s thumb rubs his cheek in slow, circling motions, and Maverick momentarily forgets how to breathe. Iceman’s gaze is intense, and this whole ordeal should feel awkward, but Maverick can’t find it in himself to tear his eyes off Iceman. Iceman leans closer still, faces mere inches away from each other. If Maverick focuses on it hard enough, he can pretend that he’s not breathing in the same air as Iceman. He can pretend that he isn’t taking in the smell of Iceman’s cologne, or that he doesn’t feel the texture of Iceman’s hands against his cheeks, rough from too many hours in the cockpit yet warm and pleasant against his skin. “I don’t see any.”

Fic coming soon I promise (it's almost fully written fr)

Top Gun Masterlist

Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace x wife!reader

I have a wife!?

One, three or six more...

Creating Emotionally Devastating Scenes.

Crafting a scene that earns the total sympathy of your readers can be challenging, but it's not impossible. Most emotionally devastating scenes fail at two things, but when these are done right, the results can be powerful.

⚪ The Important Concepts for Writing an Emotionally Devastating Scene

1. The Build-Up,

2. Breaking the Dam.

Before I explain these concepts, let me share a case study.

⚫ Case Study

I wrote a story about a young orphan named Jackie and her younger brother. Their village was burned down, leaving them as the only survivors.

For the next few chapters, readers followed their painful journey and their struggle to survive. The younger brother had a heart problem, and Jackie vowed to become a cardiologist to save him.

She was very ambitious about it, but at the time, it was very ironic. Later in the story, when they encountered a tragic living condition with a family, the brother died while telling his sister how much he missed their parents.

When her brother was fighting for his life, she was sent out of the room, only to be let in again to see his cold, lifeless body.

⚪ Explanation of Concepts

1. The Build-Up

The build-up is extremely important when you aim to convey strong emotions. Here's a secret: if you plan for a scene with strong emotions, start leaving breadcrumbs from the very beginning of the story.

Take the previous case study. I carefully built up their journey so people could easily relate and feel the pain of the older sister during her brother's sudden death.

You need to give the situation enough reason to feel utterly hopeless and devastating. Gradually cultivate the tension until it's ready to let loose.

⚫ Understanding the Use of Breadcrumbs.

Breadcrumbs in stories ensure you utilize the time you have to build up certain emotions around your characters.

At the beginning of my story, Jackie’s fate was already pitiable, but she survived every hurdle. This gave the readers enough to feel for her while still leaning away from the outcome. When I built enough, I introduced her brother's sudden death.

Hence, leave your breadcrumbs while leaning away from the outcome.

⚪ How to Properly Leave Breadcrumbs

When building up your story, consider these elements:

☞⁠ Character Relatability: The characters need to be realistic to draw readers into the story. This helps readers invest themselves in your story.

☞⁠ Realistic Emotional Pain: Just as characters need to be relatable, their emotions need to be realistic and not appear forced.

☞⁠ Create a Strong Emotional Attachment: Give them something they care about or that has the power to ruin their lives in any way. It could be something that makes them happy or something their happiness relies on. When it's time, snatch it away without remorse.

☞⁠ Have a Backstage Struggle: This struggle keeps readers occupied, so they won't see the outcome coming. For example, Jackie’s constant struggle to find food and shelter keeps readers engaged while the impending tragedy looms in the background.

☞⁠ Attach Believable Elements: For a realistic character, emotion, and struggle, attach believable elements. It could be death, ailments, sickness, disorder, disappointment, failure, etc.

Now that we've covered the build-up, let's move on to the next crucial part.

2. Breaking the Dam

This is when you make your readers feel the strong emotions alongside your characters. All the tension you’ve been building up is released, making all emotions come into play.

☞⁠ Break Your Strong Attachment: Cut off your strong attachment from your character when they least expect it or at a point when they couldn't use more struggles (i.e when they are helpless).

This will not only evoke readers’ emotions but also pique their curiosity as they wonder how the character will survive the situation.

☞⁠ Description of Sensory Details to Invoke Emotions: The advice of "show, don't tell" will be really helpful here. It's crucial to ensure that the final execution matches the build-up.

A well-crafted build-up can fall flat if the emotional release isn't handled effectively. To avoid this, blend the climax seamlessly into the narrative, making it feel natural and impactful.

Reblog to save for reference! 💜

Tc uses his hands when talking and explaing and over found that pilots as a bunch are quite visually focused, so gimme a Mav that is in the middle of a explanation of a new maneuver to the daggers and its not getting through, so he just starts a bunch of wild flowy and vaguely harsh gestures, in complete silence with his hands and arms, flipping his palms and waving his arms over his head every so often. The he stops, hands at his sides and looks at them.

And in unison they all go ohhhhhhhhh and nod.

As a Stony & Icemav shipper

Yes.

Anyways, Tom Kazansky as Captain America except he flew planes and was just that good or something, and gets his new callsign Iceman after he wakes up in the modern day, because he was frozen in ice, get it, hah, you get it?

Yeah, Iron Man, we get it, fuck you too, Maverick. Because he likes to work alone and doesn’t listen to his team leader, get it?

"Guys, can you stop for one briefing? Just one, please, that’s all I'm asking."

"Sorry, Goose."

"Yeah, sorry, Goose."

Alright 😂🤣

How did y'all not know Dumbledore was ✨gay✨ straight away?

He was literally called ✨Headmaster✨

NEW FIC : Sunday's Warmth

Hi!! I wrote this Icemav little fluff story yesterday night, so why not share it. It's cozy, it's cute, it's warm.

I hope, if you take the time to read it (with the playlist I shared for a better experience🌝), you'll like it as much as I enjoyed writing it!

xx💕

SUNDAY'S WARMTH

Summary : Maverick drinks. Iceman drinks. Maverick sleeps. Iceman sleeps. Maverick wakes up, next to Iceman. Oh well.