Daily Dose Of Thunderbirds

*Ice is causally taking a quiet walk one evening when suddenly two drunk people run past, yelling and chasing a raccoon, pursued by security*

Ice: Not my circus, not my monkeys...

*realising it was Maverick and Slider*

Ice: *running after them* My circus, my monkeys, my circus, my monkeys...

Maverick: Do you think I could fit 15 marshmallows in my mouth?

Iceman: *facepalms* You're a hazard to society...

Slider: And a coward, do 20!

Women of TOP GUN

Chinese Transliteration of Star Wars Sequels 《星球大战后传》 Character Names and their meanings

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

“… But most of all, I’m thankful for my family.”

Thiiiiis… didn’t get done as early as I wanted it to, but it’s still technically Thursday (and therefore Thanksgiving) in some parts of the US, so I won’t fuss. But I wanted to do some nice vignettes of the family having Thanksgiving together. Especially after the things that have happened in Season 2, I think they all need some family time to recuperate! I was planning on adding Kayo and Brains in the Scott picture but i just ran out of time and energy after today. But I hopefully can do a little follow up picture with them so they’re not left out <333

So here you go, Thanksgiving with the Tracys! Featuring Virgil, Grandma and MAX making the meal (with some possible off-screen help from EOS), setting the table with Gordon and Alan (sword fights with the butter knives are an extra service), EOS making sure to hold all the heavy, breakable dishes for stil-slightly-space-sick John to serve himself with (headcanon that he came down with just enough time to not be a bed-ridden blob in his room, but he’s still not very used to Earth), and of course, Scott leading the family in a toast.

Gordo 💛

Personally adopting all of these headcanons. I love them!

Halo Headcannons

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)

Viper: Trust me, Lieutenant, Maverick would throw himself in front of a moving car for you.

Ice: ...

Ice: With all due respect, Sir, Maverick would throw himself in front of a moving car for fun.

Lady Penelope: I don't think that will be necessary.

Your whump word(s) of the day

“We’d like you to stay with us, in hospital, just a little bit longer.”

Hello John! Sorry I haven’t written in a bit, but it’s been really boring around here lately.

Brains made me come in for maintenance today (third of the month, and all that). He said I did a very good job and even gave me a unicorn sticker! Although I may have dropped some hints that I want stars on my ceiling like you since he seems to be getting the hint that I’m not extremely fond of stickers.

Oh, and I broke my arm falling out of bed again! Well, I cracked my elbow joint, please don’t worry. It was a really easy repair, just a little glue. And I managed to do my coordination test without falling! Brains was really impressed, too.

I cleaned your room, too. It was getting awfully dusty in there. In fact, that’s where I am now. The shadows in here seem awfully gloomy lately. I may spend my recharging cycle in here tonight, I think it needs someone staying in here for a while.

Don’t forget to eat again! Or I’ll deploy the space elevator and come up there myself!

01000101 01001111 01010011

I’ve had this idea kicking around for a while that EOS sends John letters about her day (instead of messaging him normally since that way he can read them at his own pace). Sort of like Twilight Sparkle’s letters to Princess Celestia. So I wrote up a little letter based off the Routine Physical rp thread.

The numbers at the end are her name in Binary.