It's a Top Gun blog except for when it's not. -------------------------------------------------- Top Gun, TAG, and a couple loose ends
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We Could've Been A Family
Some people long for a life that is simple and planned,
Tied with a ribbon,
Some people won't sail the sea 'cause they're safer on land,
To follow what's written,
But I'd follow you to the great unknown,
Off to a world we call our own.
Hand in my hand
And we promised to never let go,
We're walking a tightrope.
High in the sky,
We can see the whole world down below,
We're walking a tightrope.
Never sure, never know how far we could fall...
But it's all an adventure
That comes with a breathtaking view,
Walking a tightrope,
With you...
Yeah they're gonna say that
He ain't the kind to hold my hand
He ain't gonna try to understand
Nothing under the surface
He's just looking for a pretty face
But they got it all wrong
I got it all right
They say they just don't see it
But I saw it at first sight
- Unapologetically (by Kelsea Ballerini)
Bob: Truth or dare?
Phoenix: Dare.
Bob: I dare you to kiss the hottest person in the room.
Phoenix: Hey Bagman?
Hangman, blushing: Yeah?
Phoenix: Could you move? I’m trying to get to Rooster.
After his death, Slider replaces Iceman as COMPACFLT.
When he enters the office for the first time, there is a neatly written note left on the desk:
Dear Admiral Kerner,
Have fun with Maverick.
- Ice.
Slider: GODDAMNIT, TOM!
Penny loves vinyl records. She collects them, and loves going to second-hand record stores.
Jake is from a relatively rich family but, far from being handed everything, his parents were (and still are) very dismissive of his aspirations to be a fighter pilot, even though he's now easily one of the best naval aviators in the country.
Personally adopting all of these headcanons. I love them!
Just some thoughts about my fav WSO and her interactions with her fellow airmen ❤️
She's Omaha's wingman (no pun intended) because even though he's fine as hell, he's horrible at flirting with women. She was ecstatic when he finally asked out the nuclear engineer she befriended on an aircraft carrier.
She loves playing bartender. She first started making mocktails, but progressed into more advanced alcoholic drinks. She eventually got her liquor license and is the only pilot Penny allows behind the bar.
Her Mandarin sometimes slips into her English subconsciously. It's mostly a lot of 哎呀 (āiyā, kinda like a sigh of frustration). She says it for any level of inconvenience, whether it be dropping her pen or when Omaha decides to invert the plane unannounced 🙄
She can literally fall asleep anywhere. If you gave her a blanket and a pillow, she could probably fall asleep on the tarmac.
When Halo brought Fritz and Yale home for Lunar New Year, her family instantly instantly hit it off with them. Even the aunties tried to set them up with their daughters.
She has a really good singing voice that carries and is Rooster's go-to duet partner when he's playing a song on the piano with two singing parts.
Her vision corrects to 20/20 with contacts, but she sometimes uses her glasses if her eyes are irritated. She loves her glasses because she deliberately chose the chunkiest pair the store had (think 1980s plastic square frame glasses).
She regularly quotes sci-fi movies, even if no one understands the references. Fanboy was so excited when he realized she was also a Trekkie.
There's a soundtrack playing in her head 24/7. Sometimes she'll just randomly bop her head and tap her pen to whatever she's jamming out to in her mind.
Her favorite pair of sunglasses were picked out by Phoenix at a gas station in Lemoore. She got them matching ones in different colors.
She usually doesn't lie, but when she does, you can tell because she scrunches her nose (it's adorable)
Since I don’t own any Sequel DVDs, I’ll be taking from various reviews and articles written in the Chinese language online including 维基百科 Wikipedia & 百度百科 Baidu Encyclopedia. There may be more than one popular name transliteration for a single character, which I’ll include them all in here. Each different name will be separated by a double stroke “//”.
***Obligatory mention of a certain character who got redeemed at the last minute at the very end of the list. Tread at your own discretion.
Link to Rogue One version here.
#1
Name in English: Rey
Chinese Transliteration: 蕾伊 // 芮
Meanings:
蕾 (lěi) = a flower bud
伊 (yī) = a third-person pronoun (he/she); a particle used to add flair to the text
芮 (ruì) = small
#2
Name in English: Finn
Chinese Transliteration: 芬恩
Meanings:
芬 (fēn) = fragrance/a sweet smell
恩 (ēn) = grace, favour, kindness
#3
Name in English: Poe Dameron
Chinese Transliteration: 波 • 达默龙 // 戴姆伦
Meanings:
波 (bō) = waves/ripples; to surge forward; to move like waves
达 (dá) = to reach; to attain something; to communicate/extend/express; to understand thoroughly
默 (mò) = silently/quietly; being tacit; to write from memory
龙 (lóng) = a dragon
戴 (dài) = to wear/put on; to support/honour
姆 (mǔ) = a governess
伦 (lún) = a relationship/kinship; logic; order; to peer/match
#4
Name in English: Rose Tico
Chinese Transliteration: 萝丝 • 缇克
Meanings:
萝 (luó) = a radish/carrot
丝 (sī) = silk; a thread/wire; the slightest/smallest/least
缇 (tí) = an orange-red colour
克 (kè) = a gram; to overcome; to digest; to restrain/subdue/capture; an auxiliary verb “can”
#5
Name in English: Paige Tico
Chinese Transliteration: 佩琦 // 佩姬 • 缇克
Meanings:
佩 (pèi) = to admire/respect; to wear something
琦 (qí) = a fine jade/valuable stone; admirable/outstanding
姬 (jī) = ancient word to address/refer to a lady or a woman
#6
Name in English: Maz Kanata
Chinese Transliteration: 玛兹 • 卡娜塔
Meanings:
玛 (mǎ) = carnelian/cornelian/a brownish-red mineral; commonly used in feminine names like Maria 玛丽亚, Martha 玛莎, etc.
兹 (zī) = hereby/herewith
卡 (kǎ) = a card; a cheque; a checkpoint/customs house; to clip/fasten/wedge; to stop; to be choked
娜 (nà) = elegant/graceful; also frequently used in feminine names like Anna 安娜, Lina 丽娜, etc.
塔 (tǎ) = a tower/column/pagoda
#7
Name in English: Amilyn Holdo
Chinese Transliteration: 艾米琳 • 何朵 // 霍尔多
Meanings:
艾 (ài) = mugwort/wormwood; beautiful/pretty; being very old/senior/elderly; things keep ascending/developing/unfolding
米 (mǐ) = rice; a metre
琳 (lín) = a beautiful jade/gem
何 (hé) = what/how/why; which
朵 (duǒ) = a quantifier for flowers or clouds or anything flower/cloud-like; almost always paired with 耳 in daily conversation to form 耳朵 (lit. the ears)
霍 (huò) = suddenly/quickly
尔 (ěr) = thou/you; thus/so/like that/like so
多 (duō) = many/much/numerous
#8
Name in English: Zorii Bliss
Chinese Transliteration: 佐丽 • 布里斯
Meanings:
佐 (zuǒ) = to manage; to help/assist
丽 (lì) = beautiful/pretty
布 (bù) = a cloth/fabric/textile; to spread/publish/arrange/make known/announce
里 (lǐ) = inside/within; inner; an ancient Chinese measurement unit equivalent to 0.5km or 500m
斯 (sī) = given, present; whereas, while; such, this
#9
Name in English: Jannah
Chinese Transliteration: 詹娜 // 珍娜
Meanings:
詹 (zhān) = excellent; ideal; verbose/wordy
珍 (zhēn) = a treasure; precious/rare/valuable
娜 (nà) = elegant/graceful; frequently used in feminine names
#10
Name in English: Ben Solo
Chinese Transliteration: 本 // 班 • 索罗
Meanings:
本 (běn) = origin; basis/foundation; root/source; originally; basic
班 (bān) = a class; a squad/team/body; a shift/duty; a rank; to be scheduled/regularly-run
索 (suǒ) = to search/ask; to demand/exact; to sow; a large rope; isolated
罗(luō) = a net that catches birds; to collect; to shift; to display; to be fussy/talkative; silk
Oh there is definitely ice-cream!
Favourite Flavours:
Scott - Double chocolate.
Virg - Salted caramel.
John - He likes bubblegum ice cream, even though everyone else hates it.
Gordo - He will eat anything but his favourite is Ben and Jerry's Phish Food (duh!).
Allie - Chocolate ice cream and he always puts loads of sauce and marshmallows and sprinkles on it.
Kayo - Something a little bit out left field, like cherry, or cinnamon.
Who stocks the ice cream?
Virgil.
Who drowns their sorrows in ice cream?
Scott and Alan.
They've all probably done it at least once, though.
Who hates ice cream?
No-one hates ice cream. But, Grandma Tracy does hold something of a contempt for it, due to all the times her boys have turned to ice cream as a replacement for her terrible cooking.
Other ice cream shenanigans:
Sometimes John deliberately gives Virgil mint choc chip ice cream, because it's green, just to be annoying. It's not that Virg doesn't like mint, it's just wHy jOhN?
One year, for his birthday, Gordon made Alan a massive bowl of ice cream with, like the biggest pile of extra whipped cream and marshmallows and sweets and sprinkles and chocolate sauce that you have ever seen. It was the best birthday present ever.
Tracy brothers and ice cream.
Favourite flavours?
Who drowns their sorrows in ice cream?
Different flavours for different moods?
Who stocks the ice cream?
Who hates ice cream?
Ice cream memories?
Does ice cream play a role in the Tracy household?
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Reblog or reply to this posh with the heart emoji colour (💙💚❤️💛🧡🖤💖🤍) of your favourite character. I’ll be putting them in a tally and seeing who gets the most. 😁 I’ll go first:
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