Sometimes - it’s easy to forgot - Benji can be a badass.
I mean - this….
And fooling the CIA in Rogue Nation and infiltrating the secure site and sitting there with a bomb on him so still, still backing up Ethan
And picking up the machine gun and fighting the bad guys at the beginning of Fallout…
And fooling Walker not only as ‘scared for his life, only the tech guy Benji’ but as Lane.
And giving Lane a good fight for his life…
And running to defuse the bomb without a moments hesitation without asking or telling Ethan about it…
And running out into the night to try to find Ethan despite knowing the entity probably has him as a target…
And shouting at Ethan Hunt.
I mean, he is adorable Benji and devoted Benji and good Benji but he is also bad ass Benji fucking Dunn.
And it looks like we’ll get to see that a bit more in MI8
The winner takes it all..
BAM! TWO POSTS IN ONE DAY! AHA! This one’s a bit more…depressing…. BUT I CAN GO ON AND ON ABOUT HOW “The Winner Takes it All” BY ABBA IS SO TOP GUN (1986) CODED! LIKE ACTUALLY! Warning in advance, professional yapper here ->
ESPECIALLY THESE CHUNKS OF LYRICS:
“I don't wanna talk about things we've gone through, though it's hurting me, now it's history.
I've played all my cards and that's what you've done too.
Nothing more to say, no more ace to play.
The winner takes it all, The loser's standing small. Beside the victory, that's her destiny.”
“The gods may throw a dice, their minds as cold as ice.
And someone way down here loses someone dear.
The winner takes it all (takes it all)
The loser has to fall (has to fall)
It's simple and it's plain (it's so plain)
Why should I complain? (Why complain?)”
“The judges will decide (will decide)
The likes of me abide (me abide)
Spectators of the show (of the show)
Always staying low (staying low)
The game is on again (on again)
A lover or a friend (or a friend)
A big thing or a small (big or small)
The winner takes it all (takes it all)
I don't wanna talk If it makes you feel sad.
And I understand, You've come to shake my hand.
I apologize If it makes you feel bad, Seeing me so tense. No self-confidence.
But you see, The winner takes it all
The winner takes it all
So the winner takes it all
And the loser has to fall
Throw the dice, cold as ice
Way down here, someone dear
Takes it all, has to fall
And it's plain, why complain?”
LIKE HELLLOOOOOOOOOOOO??????? ARE WE JUST GONNA SIT HERE AND NOT NOTICE THESE? I would talk about the whole song, but i’m sparing your ears (eyes???)
Especailly the lines: “The gods may throw a dice, their minds as cold as ice(man— sorry had to). And someone way down here lost someone dear”
LIKE? THATS SO MAV AND GOOSE. Maverick being the one who lost someone dear to him and the only family he’s got, and goose bring the one maverick is mourning.
and maybe the lyrics of “The judges will decide, the likes of me abide. spectators of the show always staying low”
This part could be like- maybe the court room (??) where they cleared maverick of doing anything wrong, but maybe the spectators could’ve been ice and slider, who are witnessing the fellow aviators grief first hand.
and then we got the final part that really sets it off is: “I don’t want to talk if it makes you feel sad. And I understand, you’ve come to shake my hand. (MAVERICK CONGRATULATING ICEMAN AND SLIDER ON GETTING FIRST) I apologize if it makes you feel bad seeing me so tense, no self confidence (QUITTING TOPGUN??? MAV GONNA TURN IN HIS WINGS/DOESNT HAVE ENERGY ANYMORE TO BE AN AVIATOR??) But you see, the winner takes it all”
blah blah blah angwy blah blah blah maverick blah blah blah homosexual aviator tendencies. You get the basic idea i hope- But yeah. Listen to ABBA, and let me yap more about my top gun brain rot obsession thing.
Okay yayayay ya i’m done 😋
REST IN PEACE VAL KILMER 💔
December 31st 1959 to April 1st 2025
Iceman: You were supposed to do something about the raccoon under the porch!
Maverick: I did! I named him Lieutenant Bites. He likes fruit loops.
☀️ 🌙
is it weird that i’m a little nervous for mi8 on ethan’s behalf 😭 like what are they gonna put my boy through this time
Everytime you think about writing Icemav fic, that’s Val Kilmer speaking to you. Continue his legacy
Coyote: Would you slap Rooster-
Hangman: Yes.
Coyote: I didn't even finish!
Hangman: Sorry, continue.
Coyote: Would you slap Rooster for 10 dollars?
Hangman: I would do it for free.
Rooster: Rude...
“Ethan is not in love with Benji.”
That same Ethan
Y’ALL IT’S THE TWINK
i’m like, lowkey new and i lowkey like top gun (not lowkey anymore. i really love top gun)
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