Maverick: Do You Think I Could Fit 15 Marshmallows In My Mouth?

Daily Dose of Thunderbirds

Because I just reblogged two lovely Pen & Ink fics.

Craving young SarahIce content because there is basically none.

I mean, look at them 🥹

LOOK AT THEMMMM 🥹

They are my babies 🥹

so I was talking to nibenhu about John loving Star Trek and we decided (x) the massive nerd would totally have a uniform tucked away somewhere and oops my hand slipped…

At the beginning of the month,John/@starman-john-tracy came down to earth for a while, handing control of Thunderbird Five to Alan/@thespacenoodle. This all went horribly awry as Alan ended up catching influenza from overexertion (and far more trips home than John ever took), leading John, Scott and EOS to mount a rescue mission for him. (And subsequently quarantine the Island.)

When John came back, I doodled up a picture of EOS giving him a hug on his return, so it only feels natural to have her saying goodbye as well. In the thread, they’ll probably still be wearing helmets (since the disease is probably still floating around the interior) but this was a much clearer picture. Call it artistic license. The background is kind of meh, but in my defense, TB5 is hard to draw.

Thunderfam, what's an obscure ship you have that you can't really explain?

I'll go first.

Remember Kate from Grandma Tourismo?

This girl:

She's sweet and resourceful and instantly makes friends with Grandma Tracy. And she runs a hat shop in the desert.

Well, the ship in question is her and Virgil.

Even though, despite being in the same episode they don't interact at all.

But, my twelve year old brain thought it was an excellent idea so now you may pry Kate x Virgil from my cold dead hands.

Top Gun Headcanons #6

The event Goose is referring to, when he tells Maverick he must have carnal knowledge "of a lady this time" was the night before they were deployed on the Enterprise.

Maverick had been boasting about being able to pick up a date anywhere so, when they walked into the bar to find it apparently full of exclusively men (and mostly navy men at that), Goose bet Maverick $20 that he wouldn't be able to find some to go home with that night.

What Goose had apparently underestimated, was just how persistent Mav could be when presented with a challenge. Totally unphased, he struck up a conversation with a taller man sitting at the bar. Mav steadily, not so subtly, began flirting with him and he good-natured flirted back, until Maverick began to proposition him for real.

That was about the point when Goose realised that his dumbass of a pilot was actually serious, and pulled him away, marching him back home before he could get any of them into trouble.

The next morning, they were greeted with something of a surprise... Boarding the Enterprise, they were introduced to other members of their squadron and, typically of Pete Mitchell's propensity for shenanigans, there was the man from last night.

Goose felt about ready to expire with embarrassment on Mav's behalf. Pete just groaned, letting his head fall into his hand. The stranger, however, thought it was hilarious and just burst out laughing. He introduced himself as Cougar, and the man beside him (his RIO) as Merlin.

"Goose. Maverick." Nick responded, giving his pilot a long-suffering look.

Pete just groaned, again. Cougar laughed. "Well, I'm sorry to have to break your heart then, Maverick," He teased, "But, I'm married."

Mav opened his mouth and then shut it again. "You're- You- Why- Why the hell were you flirting with me, then?" He managed to get out, semi-outraged.

Cougar shrugged and nodded at Goose. "I heard your friend here make you a bet. Figured it wouldn't hurt to humour you a little, help a brother out y'know."

A grin began to spread it's way across Maverick's face. He threw an arm round his new acquaintance. "You know, Cougar, I think you and I are going to be very good friends."

Cougar laughed. "Count on it."

Best Moments from the TG:M Script

(Part 2)

10. More Nix and Bob being awesome.

11. Halo! (She has two lines in the script. The other one was nothing special but I kinda wish they'd kept this one.)

12. Hondo attempting to befriend Cyclone 🤣

13. Mav annoying Cain.

14. "Ominous."

15. That's surprising mature from Hangman. I like seeing this side of his character.

16. And again. Sort of. (That's almost ownship of his mistake...?)

17. "Generous."

18. More Bob and Phoenix being a great team.

BONUS!

What was Mav thinking about??? I need to knowwwwww!!!

Thinking about Thunderbird Shadow's bird feet like...

da air force didn’t like my idea of airplanes with big bird feet as a tactical advantage and discharged me dishonorably 

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.

Question of the day

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?

I needed something to draw today so I ended up sketching this based off the RP thread I’ve been running with thespacenoodle​. (Which, for those of you who haven’t been following it, centers around EOS’s optical circuits malfunctioning, forcing her to rely on Alan for help.)

EOS isn’t exactly happy about having to rely on someone else for help but she’ll manage. And I think, once you get past all the “I’m not the baby of the family anymore” bit with Alan, he’d actually kinda like feeling like a “big brother.” (And I’m super happy with the way he came out. He’s a real cutie.)