#alex jefferson

[bennydemarco]

Branden Cook as 2nd Lt. Alexander Jefferson

Masters of the Air - Part Eight

#*mine #masters of the air #motaedit #mota spoilers #hbo war #hbowaredit #alex jefferson #alexander jefferson #branden cook #appletvsource #userbbelcher #dailyflicks #dailytvfilmgifs #underbetelgeuse #tuserjen #usersunflower #userrin

[bohemian-nights]

Masters of the Air Part Nine✈️

#mota #masters of the air #alexander jefferson #john egan #bucky egan #alex jefferson #branden cook #callum turner #motaedit #appletvedit #apple tv #hbowaredit #bngifs #bnedit #diversehistorical #period drama #perioddramaedit

[rcbertleckie]

I've been building model planes since I was a kid.

#masters of the air #mota #motaedit #hbowaredit #hbo war #edits #tvedit #hbowardaily #ronsparky #violaobanion #olympain #userstaud #userbells #tuseririna #alexander jefferson #alex jefferson #branden cook #his model plane talk has bewitched me body and soul #long set but i needed every second of this understandably

[itstheheebiejeebies]

Alexander Jefferson Icons

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#mota #masters of the air #icons #dana's edits #hbo war #hbowaredit #mota edit #alexander jefferson #alex jefferson

[eganeyes]

mota as tumblr/twt textposts pt.5! several screenshots from @itstheheebiejeebies (thank you <3)

pt.1 | pt.2 | pt.3 | pt.4 | pt.6

#mota #mota as txtposts #literally can't stop making these help #masters of the air #bucky egan #buck cleven #alex jefferson #jack kidd #robert daniels #frank murphy #harry crosby

[avonne-writes]

New plot bunny: the Tuskegee boys are just settling in at the stalag but they already notice the strange relationship between Buck and Bucky. Weird behaviour ranging from domestic arguments and conversations carried out entirely through facial expressions to flirting and physical affection. Not to mention the bunk sharing even though it’s not that cold at the moment.

The other boys are already used to it and they saw it progress gradually anyway, but the newcomers are exposed to it out of the blue and have no idea how they should react to it. They decide to follow what the others do and just ignore it, which can be quite awkward when so many of them are locked in one hut and they all have to listen to those two bicker in the corner.

#mota #buck x bucky #john egan #gale cleven #alex jefferson #robert daniels #richard macon #stalag fic

[mon-mothmas-collar]

Richard and Alex staying friends and teaching together is truly making me so emotional these BONDS that they had truly survived the war just like they did

#Richard macon #alexander jefferson #alex jefferson #masters of the air #mota spoilers #tuskegee airmen

[hogans-heroes]

Working on the Alex pov fic has merged into thinking about Bucky after Gale escaped. On one hand having someone out there waiting for him might give him the drive he needs to keep going and not self-destruct, but it’s also hard to keep away the thoughts that maybe Gale didn’t make it, especially when he starts having nightmares of not being able to stop that guard from shooting, watching Gale fall.

Enter Alex who finds Bucky in one such nightmare during the march or in the transit camp, and they end up talking into the night. They start hanging out more and when Alex gets sick Bucky is his shadow taking protective care of him at every step.

Now there’s a big lost puppy of a major that has imprinted on Alex and at first this new pair-off strikes the guys as unusual, but they quickly realize that Bucky needs someone to take care of. By extension then he gets adopted into the Tuskegee group. Macon and DeMarco are already their own duo, leaving Daniels and Brady who are literally polar opposites just looking at each other like “ok I guess this is the situation now.” And eventually they figure out how to get along, like two cats that have to get used to living together. Meanwhile Alex and Bucky are on top of each other at all times.

Alex is feisty too in a way that Gale isn’t so they do get in spats a lot, but it’s good for them. Bucky might need the tough love and straight talk from someone who doesn’t avoid confrontation, and Alex needs someone who’s a literally guard dog but also caring and focused on him.

All this to say I really want to explore the Alex-Bucky dynamic development that led to them being buddies in the last episode.

#lots of Thoghts and Feelings this morning #also exhausted and trying to avoid work #masters of the air #mota #John Egan #alex jefferson #so much potential here

[kafka-ohdear]

yall we have hamilton and jefferson

#poor photoshopping skills #i apologise in advance #howard hamilton #hambone hamilton #hammy <33 #alex jefferson #hamilton musical #mota #mota memes #masters of the air #help

[darkimpala1897]

Buck and Bucky wedding would be pure chaos I'm just saying.

Bucky would walk down the aisle to 20th Century Fox Fanfare, because he's Bucky.

Hambone, and Douglass would do drunk karaoke.

Brady would be the one crying the entire time and I mean the entire time.

Blakely would be trying to sleep with the groomsmen.

DeMarco snuck Meatball in, who ate everything.

Rosie would have the best speech ever.

Crosby would have a drunk speech.

Bubbles would embarrassingly dance around, making everyone question who invited him.

Curt would be spilling all the embarrassing stories, he definitely knocked down either the wedding cake or ice sculpture or both well screaming "I'm Irish" at the top of his lungs.

Dickie is trying to clean up Curts mess.

Quinn lost BabyFace, and Bailey within five seconds somehow.

Winks and Ken are just filming the entire thing.

Kidd and Harding are just old man dancing together.

Helen is wondering why she came.

Sandra and Marge are also questioning why the fuck they came.

Murphy and Fredkin are literally the most chill ones, but Murphy eventually gets so drunk that he starts taking off his clothes.

Smokey is making sure nobody gives themselves alcohol poisoning, he ends up herding everyone home like drunk cattle.

Stormy is just embarrassed to know these people.

Daniels, Jefferson, and Macon were dragged to this shingdig by DeMarco who said "It'd be fun." And fun was one way to describe it.

#headcanon #masters of the air #john bucky egan #gale buck cleven #harry crosby #joseph bubbles payne #buck x bucky #curt biddick #richard snyder #howard hambone hamilton #james douglass #john brady #everett blakely #bernard demarco #meatball #rosie rosenthal #william quinn #baby face #Bailey #jack kidd #harding #Helen #Marge #Sandra #Smokey #stormy #alex jefferson #richard macon #robert daniels #frank murphy

[major-john-bucky-egan]

Yes, sir.

Apple TV Instagram

#masters of the air #mota #yes sir #🫡 #apple tv #john egan #gale cleven #harry crosby #rosie rosenthal #bubbles payne #charles cruikshank #alex jefferson

[juniperss]

Masters of the Air characters as songs from EPIC The Musical

look I'm such a fan of the musical and since I've got serious MOTA brainrot the two medias have been combining and sticking in my head so I gotta get it out there into the universe

Gale "Buck" Cleven: 'The Horse and the Infant" and "Just a Man"

John "Bucky" Egans: "Remember Them" and "Ruthlessness"

Cleven and Egan: "Luck Runs Out"

Curt Biddick: "Open Arms" (as well as Cleven and Egan, it’s really a song for all 3 together)

Col. "Chick" Harding: "Survive"

Harry Crosby: "Warrior of the Mind"

Rosie Rosenthal: "Full Speed Ahead", "Keep Your Friends Close" (especially the part where Odysseus is singing about home in Keep Your Friends Close😭😭)

......anyway i have a lot of thoughts and feelings and would love to hear y'all's thoughts!

Editing to add the Tuskegee Airmen-

Richard Macon: “Warrior of the Mind”, (as Athena) “My Goodbye” (As Athena)

Robert Daniels: “Survive”, “Remember Them”

Alex Jefferson: “Storm”, “Done For” (as Odysseus) “There Are Other Ways” (as Odysseus)

#masters of the air #mota #gale cleven #john egan #buck x bucky #curt biddick #colonel neil hardings #chick harding #mota harding #harry crosby #rosie rosenthal #alex jefferson #alexander jefferson #robert daniels #Richard Macon #the tuskegee airmen #tuskegee airmen

[bohemian-nights]

Lt. Alexander Jefferson✈️

Masters of the Air Part Nine

#alexander jefferson #alex jefferson #masters of the air #perioddramaedit #period drama #apple tv #appletvedit #hbowaredit #baby boy 🥰 #branden cook #bngifs #bnedit #richard macon #robert daniels #john egan #diversehistorical #tuskegee airmen

[rcbertleckie]

BRANDEN COOK as ALEXANDER JEFFERSON MASTERS OF THE AIR · part eight

#masters of the air #mota #motaedit #hbowaredit #hbo war #edits #tvedit #hbowardaily #ronsparky #violaobanion #olympain #userstaud #userbells #alexander jefferson #alex jefferson #branden cook #mota spoilers #giggling and twirling my hair #teach me how to draw talk about model planes whatever

[precious-little-scoundrel]

I know you'll appreciate this but imagine Alex sketching out a portrait of you and keeping it respectful despite the other boys ribbing him that he can draw you how he wants to imagine you and he's just like, "Nah, I want her to be how she truly is. Not some parody of herself." Plus he's never had the privilege of seeing you sans clothes so how would he know what you looked like, anyway? Cue the guys respect meter shootin' way up; Gale would be sitting there like "is it possible to like this guy even more??? Bc i certainly do now!"

Should I write it? Lord in heaven tell me no.

STEPH: I might have to prosecute if you don’t. This man has me swooney and then add to it the way you‘ve caught his tone so perfectly?? I am obsessed. Already have been at the post war “respectable husbands” club he and Gale belong to

#sorry I am obsessed with this girls dress and then his tiny shirts ok?? thank you Ashley for sending my way #mota asks #masters of the air #alex jefferson #alex x dahlia

[clevervonskelli]

I finally edited my post-finale, notes-app thoughts so that they're somewhat intelligible and I'm leaving them here in one rambling lump. 

- ROSIE!! I would give this man all the screentime ever. The depiction of his mission and crash was executed so well! Nate did a stellar job with that and later at the concentration camp. 

- Take the "true" out of the "we were the masters of the air" part! I hate it. Who put that in there? It sounds corny, and weird, and like they achieved some sort of divinely dictated status and it really pisses me off. The vibe is manifest destiny, American imperialism-type shiz and I hate it. Just "we were the masters of the air" with a different emphasis in Anthony's Crosby voice would have been great. Miss me with that "true" bullshit. Yes, this miniscule moment is what I will fight over. 

- Ngl, I thought there was some sort of design/editing oopsie when a tumblr post last week zoomed in on the opening credits where it shows a collection of dudes standing beside a plane and one of the ones wearing a life vest had Rafe Law's face. But now I'm so happy that in the show Lemmons got to take flight and participate in such a cheerful mission. 

- The roles and screen time for the Tuskegee men: It should have been better for sure but it was at least tasteful?? as weird as that sounds. In my (white) opinion, their initial introduction offered a very limited look at the unit as a whole but still felt a lot more intimate than for other characters we have seen more often. In episode 9, Macon, Jefferson, & Daniels didn't say much but they felt so integral to the scenes they were in and had quiet moments (like the nods when they arrived at the new camp or being right in the thick of the scramble during the liberation) that felt all the more powerful because of the lack of dialogue. 

What I would have really liked is for their storylines to run through every episode as more of a parallel to those of the 100th, with equal attention dedicated to them/their missions, but at least they weren't simply tossed into the show in a way that felt careless or grudgingly forced. 

- I'm not sure I like Solomon as the one lifting the guard during the march. Yes, the circumstances really did lead to some of them helping each other like that, even as wild as prisoners toting the guns might seem, but having it be a Jewish POW in the show felt very morally pedantic, like some sort of Sunday-school lesson on being the bigger person. I can only speak as a non-Jew, but it felt odd! Instead of being an effective way to underline the complexity of the relationships between prisoners & captors or Germans & Americans it felt like it was trying too hard to also connect to the Holocaust elements of the episode. I feel like the result was clumsy and strange in a way that I don't think it would have been if it had been a character other than Solomon taking those actions. 

- And while I'm on the subject of the guards/prisoners angle...

That one guard yelling and bragging about how to handle the prisoners was awkwardly done. I can't remember it exactly, but if the show wanted to highlight that "not all Germans and not all the prison staff were Nazis but some definitely were and those ones were real bastards!" then they should have had the other guard looking conflicted or upset by it or something. There should have been some kind of nuance distinguishable to the audience.  Most of the faces were just so blank it felt like one guy was giving the scene his all while everyone else spaced for that take.

- They managed to convey the "old men and kids" thing pretty well without hitting us over the head or putting it in the voiceover. There's a more effective way for it to have been done, I just know it, but I have no actual suggestions and therefore must be gracious. I'm just happy they tried to show a tiny bit of how staggeringly drained and unrecognizable the entire German nation was by the end of the war. MotA's ✨bombing morality discourse✨ often felt unsettled throughout the show, but I think the attempt at illustrating that the first country the Nazis invaded/attacked was their own ended up being more successful. 

- I'm not sure exactly what they were doing with the moment where Buck and the horse stare into each other's souls but I love how it gives us the opportunity to have cracky, 'Cleven is a horse boy' jokes 🐎. 

(Ok, but seriously, what was with the horse? Were they trying to increase tension wondering if it would reveal them? Was it to show how dire things had become in Germany compared to when earlier they had such technological might? Was it supposed to be one of the emaciated horses they often passed while on the march? Is it for white horse symbolic reasons? Just for the aesthetic? WHY?!?). 

- I could have easily spent 40 minutes just watching the POWs trying to pack up for the march and I still wouldn't have had enough. I'm absolutely wild for the details and background stuff in Stalag III and I can't wait for all the gifsets and whatnot to be able to take a closer look at things ❤️

- They gave Crosby his locked supply shed moment!! I was really hoping for that, or when he intellectually destroys the 390th's navigator, to be included and it is so satisfying to see. I love having something else to focus on besides his voiceover and early episode struggles (both of which I do enjoy) or the weird af way they did the him+Sandra thing (which I quite despise). Add it to his Nietze quote and anxiety concerning their roles in the war and I feel like we got a decent characterization of him again. 

- I guess I can accept not enough budget for a 10th episode but there wasn't even enough for Meatball in the finale? Man, I'd sure like to go back in time and crowdfund that shit. 

- When Sammy yelled "they won!!" as the kiddos were playing after everyone leaves Thorpe Abbotts I got super annoyed. 

The hero worship would be very real of course, but Hanks & Spielberg can't convince me that a British kid who has been living a huge chunk of his life in a country at war would not make that a "we won!". Not only was England a part of the victorious side but Sammy was basically a part of the Thorpe Abbotts/100thBG family and therefore would likely feel like a part of any of their successes too. It's kind of petty but, again, it felt a little too "USA! USA!! USA!!!" for my tastes. 

- From the moment his casting was announced I expected Callum Turner to put his entire being into this role and he certainly has. They nabbed a 6'4 dude built like an old growth pine to play a man who was something like 5'6 and 120lbs soaking wet, but I could definitely see the vision. His dedication has been so clear in other episodes as well but there was just something about Episode 9 that went above and beyond. Maybe because there are scenes where Egan is alone more often (or at least separated somewhat from the others), just like when he first bailed, but Callum's facial work and body language was impeccable. 

#masters of the air #this mess has been sitting in my notes app since the wee hours Friday morning and it was time to finally release it or choke on my opinions #spoilers #mota #hbo war #MotA: Episode 9 #masters of the air finale #rosie rosenthal #alex jefferson #richard macon #robert daniels #john egan #harry crosby #nate mann #callum turner