Oh My Word, She's So CUTE!!!

@misanderousmisfit this was going to be super long and also I have a picture, so I decided just to make a post.

About Maverick's wings

Okay, SO.

I just posted this gif with a new set, prompting @misanderousmisfit to say, "Wait how did I not notice that Mav takes his own wings and snaps them on the casket??!!!"

Then she asked for an explanation, and I am happy to provide one, not least of which because I actually already researched this and explained it to someone else like right after TGM came out.

What Maverick does with his wings at Ice's funeral is based on a tradition by the SEALs. Similar to naval aviators, Navy SEALs are given a specific pin that is unique to their role. Pilots have wings; the SEALs have what is called a Trident. It's a symbol not only of the group they belong to, but of all the work they had to do to acquire this specification.

When a SEAL team loses a member, the other members hammer their Tridents into the top of the casket. It's basically taking an incredibly valuable item and giving it to your friend as a sign of respect, and to show that a piece of you is going with him.

The reason they punch them into the casket like that is just to drive the metal into the wood, so the pins stay there.

Those are Maverick's wings. He is giving them to Ice to send a piece of him with him.

Maverick: As your best friend-

Iceman: Slider is my best friend.

Maverick: AS YOUR BEST FRIEND

Flying in life and death

Ok, so I was looking at this and I had an ✨idea✨

Picture a fanfic, up in Top Gun heaven, where you get wings if someone back on earth gives you their. Think of them, and your wings will appear. The more wings you are given, the greater the range of people you can think about to make them appear. If you think about two of them at once, you'll get two sets of wings.

Everybody liked Goose so it seems likely that he'd have a few.

Carole is not a pilot so she doesn't have any. If she wants to fly though, Goose has enough wings for the both of them. He'll carry her.

And, of course, Iceman has Maverick. So, whenever he thinks of his wingman, he'll be able to fly again.

Wings

Gordo 💛

EOS stares at the soft, fluffy white material covering the ground at her feet. She must be making a face without realizing it, because almost immediately she hears John laugh.

“It’s snow, EOS! You know, frozen–”

“I am very well aware of what it is!” EOS snaps, mildly hurt that John didn’t think she knew what something as simple as snow was. “Snow is precipitation that has frozen into crystalline ice flakes and collected upon the Earth.” She’s still staring at it, however. Of course she knows academically what snow is, but she’s spent most of her existence on Thunderbird Five, or on a tropical island that never truly sees winter.

She’s never been this close to it before.

Cautiously, EOS takes a few steps forward, listening to the scrunchy noise the flakes make when ground together when stepped on. It’s strange, almost like hearing someone squeezing styrofoam, although not as squeaky. Her eyes are still fixed on the ground when something cold and slightly damp impacts the back of her head and breaks apart, spreading chunks of wet coldness through her hair. In shock, she turns back and is surprised to see a sheepish expression on John’s face, along with quite a lot of snow clinging to his knitted gloves.

“What–?” she says, that one word filled with so much meaning that it doesn’t truly need more added to it.

John’s face is very pink all of a sudden under the brighter red at his nose, ears and the tops of his cheek from the cold. Still, he’s smiling even with the apologetic bend to his eyebrows. “It was just a snowball– I’m sorry, I forgot– It’s just… the timing was perfect–” EOS still looks confused, not quite understanding the humor he’s taking from it. His eyes soften at how utterly lost she looks, and he walks over and gently brushes the snow from her hair.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to upset you. Here, let me show you.” He places his hand on her back, and she stoops down as he does, watching, then imitating how he scoops up a handful of snow. “You pack it together like this,” John says, demonstrating the motion, then dropping his own handful to guide her hands through it. When her first snowball emerges at last, lumpy and slightly misshapen though a good first effort, he stands up and gestures at himself. “You get a free hit. It’s only fair.”

EOS shakes her head vigorously. “I can’t throw something at you! I could throw too hard or I could hit you in an unprotected spot or…”

John raises his hands in surrender. “Fine, throw it at the ground then. But snowballs are meant to be thrown, EOS. It’s a game.”

Her eyes flit to him, then the ground, and then back again and he can practically see her processors working. After a few more glances, and even some off to the side in mild distress, she pulls her arm back and throws the snowball as gently as she can at him. It doesn’t even sting as it hits his coat and breaks apart, strewing bits of snow all over his chest.

“Was that so hard?” he asks, a kind smile on his face and in his voice. EOS shakes her head, a smile crossing her own face as she stoops down again, hands reaching for the snow below her.

When John finally tells her they have to go back inside before they’re missed, a good fifteen minutes later, both are lying on the ground, half-covered with snow and grins on their faces.

Mav: Hello Merlin, this is the pointy end. Just wanted to let you know we'll be landing without number one hydro.

Merlin: What? Why???

Mav: Oh, I don't know, just to see if I can.

Mav: It must really suck not having a sense of humour.

Ice: I have a sense of humour.

Mav: I've never heard you laugh before.

Ice: I've never heard you say anything funny.

Mav + Slider: *running away from something/someone*

Carole: Should we help them?

Ice: *running after Mav + Slider*

Goose: Nah, I think they're okay

They were not

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

This is perfect!

And violà! @kazanskys-mitchell