#but Icemav is a thing!!!!

[oatflatwhite]

the inherent homoeroticism of war media: a completely unserious presentation by me

[note: some slides have been removed because they're literally just fancams and also i had more than 30 slides boo tumblr image limits]

BIBLIOGRAPHY (just going in order of slides)

and your knees are driving me wild - mash s02e08

george mackay has found his niche in homoerotic war movies

war stories are inherently homoerotic. that's how we got stucky

hangman you look good - top gun: maverick (gif by babyrooster)

letter of recommendation: watching masters of the air secondhand

it's not just sports - masters of the air e02

1 being not gay at all, 10 being liberace in an f-16

we'll go to chicago - band of brothers e01 (gif by @fkmylif3)

it is the law that every piece of war media

kim is a homoseggsual - kath & kim s01e02

Untitled (You Construct Intricate Rituals) - Barbara Kruger

The Secret History of Australia's Gay Diggers - Ben Winsor (+ Paul Fussell quoted within)

Sexuality, Sexual Relations and Homosexuality - Jason Crouthamel

Soldiers bathing in Malaya - AWM

Private Frank Crocker letters featured in Sebastian Faulks and Hope Wolf, A Broken World: Letters, Diaries and Memories of the Great War (2014), pp. 75-78.

mike's mic screencap my beloved <3

winnix gifs by @bandofbrothers2001 @preacherboyd @galebucky

winnix art by @andromeddog

winnix art by @onefineginger

In storms and at sunset by jouissant

winnix memes/text posts: 1 (@bleedingcoffee42) 2 (@krakerjaksstuff) 3 (@claudycod) 4 (@lewis-winters) 5 (@mon-mothmas-collar)

man is a hopeless creature i don't like much of anyone (@sluttyhenley)

You Create Intricate Rituals: The Homoerotic Action Movie - Rebecca Radillo (Lyvie Scott featured)

val kilmer icemav warrior compliation by @mavernick2

t as in top gun: maverick (@misaothewitch)

which is gayer (@holypowell)

we're fools to make war by whimsicule

all my roads lead back to you by liadan14

m*a*s*h video by @amrv-5 (+ reblog tags)

clegan/buck(y) gifs by @4o4notf0und @rcbertleckie

clegan fanart by @ifapromise <3

clegan memes: 1 (@rcbertleckie) 2 (@season-two) 3 (@ww2yaoi) 4 & 5

bomber's moon by moonrocks

**i tried to tag/link everything, if anything is broken or unsourced please let me know and i will endeavour to fix it! standard disclaimer that a) any discussion about war media based on real life people is based upon the fictional portrayals of those people and not the actual dudes. and b) this powerpoint was made for fun, it is not rigorous academic analysis. all opinions expressed are my own. please do not take it too seriously! that's all <3

#hbo war #hbowaredit #band of brothers #bobedit #masters of the air #mota #motaedit #top gun #top gun maverick #mash #m*a*s*h #clegan #winnix #hangster #icemav #liz makes things #web weaving #maybe?? idk! #GOD OK BE FREE GO INTO THE WORLD <3 #edit i have since seen like 10 mash episodes but i'm not redoing this. #edit edit i just realised i have a citation for a mikes mic screencap that is not here bc its on a deleted slide oopsie

[sluttyhenley]

TOP GUN (1986) dir. Tony Scott

#top gun #top gun 1986 #topgunedit #pete maverick mitchell #tom iceman kazansky #icemav #tom cruise #val kilmer #moviegifs #movieedit #filmgifs #filmedit #* #listen. i did this a while back with a buddie set #and it occurred to me i could do the same thing with icemav #and like. they're both in the same mess #anyway #i think i'm funny #if you see me posting top gun no you don't #cruisepilled 2024 #i debated leaving that last gif off #but like it's still correct

[shit-sorry-fuck-mybad]

Ice cheats at literally every board game and it drives Mav crazy

He’s just so good at it, no one ever notices except Mav because he’s paying attention only to Ice to catch him, and he still fails most of the time

No one expects Iceman Kazansky to cheat at anything, which just makes Mav angrier because no one fucking believes him

And Ice just sits back and looks at him as he slowly descends to madness

#Ice is a cheating bastard and I know it #he’s perfected his technique over the years and he can literally cheat at anything #even things you never thought you could cheat at #he does it for fun and to drive Mav crazy #Bradley lowkey knows about it but still pretends not to believe Mav cause it’s funny #pete maverick mitchell #tom iceman kazansky #icemav #top gun #I missed my babies so much

[enthyrea]

thought this would be cool to post: my first ever top gun fanart- drawn traditionally in my sketchbook one year ago!

you can see i was still getting the hang of everyone’s faces (especially jake) but this was the point of no return for me, and im so grateful for everything this past year! i’ve grown a lot as an artist and met so many cool people.

#enthyrea art #i will say that this is like the last thing i drew traditionally since the fandom took over and 99% of my work has been digital ever since #top gun maverick #top gun #top gun fanart #icemav #pete maverick mitchell #jake hangman seresin #tom iceman kazansky #natasha phoenix trace #bradley rooster bradshaw #nick goose bradshaw #top gun iceman #top gun rooster #top gun hangman #top gun phoenix #iceman kazansky #hangman seresin #rooster bradshaw #top gun goose #maverick mitchell #goose bradshaw #phoenix trace

[sleepy-hyperfixations]

Ice: We're wingmen now, ride or die.

Maverick: I'd totally ride you.

Ice: What?

Maverick: What?

#top gun #icemav #incorrect top gun quotes #i keep seeing things #that remind me of icemav #i think im in too deep ☠ #top gun incorrect quotes #tom iceman kazansky #pete maverick mitchell #im in top gun HELL

[ayo-cowbelly]

do you ever watch a movie with your family/friends/people you have to be Normal around and have to resist the urge to go “now kith” and go completely insane when your favorite ship comes on?? because same

#merthur #codywan #obikin #destiel #sparrington #zukka #icemav #steddie #star wars #clone wars #potc #bbc merlin #stranger things #atla #top gun maverick #top gun #supernatural #tcw #ted lasso #the clone wars #ship #ship post #avatar the last airbender

[thatsrightice]

Val Kilmer on the set of Top Gun (1986)

#the back of his neck makes me feel things #idk why but specifically the back of his neck #have I posted these before? I can’t remember #oh well lol #he look so cozy #i h/c that iceman secretly can’t stand the cold but hides it really well for the most part #how I know its during TG? check out the wall of that left pic #and the guys hat #soft iceman #iceman in a sweater! #also Val Kilmer in a sweater! #idl why but specifically the back of his neck #✨my hawaiian sun kissed boy✨ #can’t stand the cold #I love soft iceman with all my heart #tom iceman kazansky #tom kazansky #top gun iceman #icemav #top gun #Val Kilmer #iceman

[pollyna]

Friday is marked on Ice's secretary's calendar as "date night" since the moment she started working for him. And it means his husband is going to stroll in their part of the building at 4.30, leave her favourite coffee on the table before closing the door behind him. It takes between fifteen to thirty minutes before she sees both men strolling out, Admiral Kazansky's hair a little messed up and his husband's sporting the biggest and brightest grin she has seen on a person before. She never takes appointments on Friday after four, and when Admiral Cain laments that she can't just decide not to schedule a meeting because Admiral Kazansky has something better to do, she laughs and writes a long ass email to tell him, in very polite words, sorry, no can do. Fuck you.

The next Friday, Maverick leaves a muffin with her favourite coffee and pats her back before closing the door behind his back. They are out of the office in ten minutes, laughing and holding hands in front of her, for the first time.

#tom iceman kazansky #pete maverick mitchell #icemav #implied smooching your hubby before your date night while sitting on his lap bc he deserves all the nice things in the world #and you're the nicest #OC #fluff #old men in love #date nights! #bit unrealistic but 🤷‍♀️

[polar-equinoxx]

the sun is not immune to it’s own power.

#SORRY OKAY SORRY #I PROMISE im doing an ice one next #im obsessing over this icemav sun/moon but literally thing now #ms tg #ms art #tom iceman kazansky #pete maverick mitchell #icemav #top gun 1986 #top gun fanart

[fangirl6202]

Hangman, speaking for the Daggers: you're telling me that Admiral Kazansky and Maverick are married?!

Rooster: Yeah? I thought that was common knowledge

Ice and Mav, who literally never interact in public and haven't been seen speaking outside of work since like 1997: yeah guys what the fuck?

Additionally, how they figured it out

Mav, standing next to Ice: yeah, the wedding anniversary is next week so-

Phoenix: you're married?!

Mav: *confused* yes?

Hangman: to who?!

Mav: *points at Ice, literally standing way too close to be platonic*

The Daggers: exe. has stopped working

Ice: *thought he was done dealing with disaster aviators, but oh boy was he wrong*

#theyre so raymond and kevin from b99 coded here #theyre just so low on pda that literally no one notices #its the ONE thing mav can be calm about #surprisingly lol #top gun #top gun maverick #icemav #top gun daggers #pete maverick mitchell #tom iceman kazansky #jake hangman seresin #bradley rooster bradshaw #natasha phoenix trace

[mapled-penitentiary]

icemav (2010s)

ice: wow. cain really hates us, maverick. mav: YES! perhaps hes homophobic. ice, whos dumbass husband just forgot theyre at a naval ball and DADT exists: we're not gay, maverick. mav, whos now panicking: WE'RE NOT ????

#south park thing yknow #leafies top gun stuff #top gun #topgun #top gun 1986 #pete maverick mitchell #icemav #tom iceman kazansky #top gun maverick

[tropical-fruit-mx]

meme from the other night courtesy of @sansmelatonin

#tgm #top gun maverick #pete maverick mitchell #top gun #top gun 1986 #pete mitchell #icemav #tom iceman kazansky #iceman #tom kazansky #tony scott #we watched 10 things i hate about you and got slightly too lit

[cannibalhellhound]

More wings au because if you don't use your wings as a blanket why do they even exist?

Mav is clingy and Ice loves it

I'll add watercolor tomorrow because it's 3am ✌🏼

(end result)

#Ice uses reading glasses #because i say so #he likes russian literature #queer russian literature is a thing idk where i read that #it's actually written in russian #mav used to be annoyed because he wanted yo read them too #but now he likes it because he's gotten the grasp of it #ice is really proud #now they have a habit of reading with mav perched on ice and cocooning him with his wings #it's cozy #slider joins them sometimes #grumbling in german #tg #tgm #top gun #top gun maverick #pete maverick mitchell #top gun fanart #icemav #fanart #tom iceman kazansky #top gun 1986 #iceman #maverick #iceman x maverick #trans pete maverick mitchell #because projecting is a thing #HelloI'mHayden

[emys-123]

Something, something Stacy’s Dad but the daggers teasing Bradley with Rooster’s dad for Mav. Rooster dying in the corner every time and Mav pretending he doesn’t know.

P. S.- Bradley thought their collective crush on Mav could not get any worse, then they met Ice and it upgraded to Rooster’s Dads.

#I think I saw an edit with it for hangman in here #best thing in the world #icemav #top gun #bradley rooster bradshaw #pete maverick mitchell #tom kazansky #pete mitchell #the dagger squad #mavdad

[hanni-simp]

I love how Top Gun: Maverick because of how it really honors the original movies themes and storyline of gay blondes and bisexual brunettes falling in love.

#top gun #top gun: maverick #hangster #bradley bradshaw #jake hangman seresin #bradley bradshaw x jake seresin #icemav #pete maverick mitchell #sereshaw #tom iceman kazansky #there are more reasons!! but that is the main thing

[thatsrightice]

Oh Maverick’s some large bird of prey. Or something like a wolf.

No.

Wrong.

He’s a frickin possum.

A dumpster-diving, scavenger who plays dead and is INCREDIBLY hard to kill, but ultimately harmless. They’re immune to the venom of most snakes and have a skull too thick to be shot in the head. He’s constantly getting into shit he’s not supposed to like—

Just look at this little sh*t. That’s so Maverick.

#if that ain’t maverick idk what is #top gun #top gun maverick #pete maverick mitchell #pete mitchell #Maverick #just a little thing I wrote #swearing = shadowban :( #let me express my feelings tumblr #icemav