Bob: Truth Or Dare?

Look, I made one for Ridley, too! 🩵

I will adopt. 🥰🥰🥰

even though they can reach mach 2.0 speeds, concordes much prefer life as couch potatoes. if you have a fenced airfield and neighbours who can tolerate sonic booms, please consider rehoming a retired concorde today

We Could've Been A Family

Some people long for a life that is simple and planned,

Tied with a ribbon,

Some people won't sail the sea 'cause they're safer on land,

To follow what's written,

But I'd follow you to the great unknown,

Off to a world we call our own.

Hand in my hand

And we promised to never let go,

We're walking a tightrope.

High in the sky,

We can see the whole world down below,

We're walking a tightrope.

Never sure, never know how far we could fall...

But it's all an adventure

That comes with a breathtaking view,

Walking a tightrope,

With you...

Pool party with the Tracys (hold tight on your seats)

So we were in our lil pool at home, and an infinity or little plastic balls were hanging around because my bro loves them.

Out of joking I say "here's the Tracys" while I take a group of balls blue, green, orange, yellow, and the last one that is red (and the only one red in the pool).

He observes the balls one by one and then, noticing that Red Ball™ has sunk and does not float like the others, he remarks with a "Alan is fat".

After a while I accidentally step on a blue ball, and when I bring it back to the surface it’s all crumpled. At this point bro looks at the ball, and calmly says "Scott is dead". Well, rip Scott.

Even later I try to empty the Red Ball, which in the meantime no longer floated because it was punctured. Bro tries to stop me, so I say to him, "Then you filled Alan with water! Look how fat he is now!" He looks at me and then yells "Alan likes to be fat!" trying to steal my ball. If you say so.

I put myself in the pool, but Bro comes up and says, "Scott’s out of air." I mean, that’s why he’s dead, isn't he?

I dive after a while, and when I resurface I see Bro hugging a purple ball. He notices I’m looking at him and he says, "Grandma Tracy needs love." Aw. After a while he wants to point out that "Grandma needs love, but not her cooking." If she hears you..

After a while I hear Bro shouting "WHERE IS VIRGIL??" We look for him together (because although there are at least 15 green balls in the pool the darkest one had to be Virgil), and in the end we find him on the ground. Bro says "go and see if it’s flat" to me. I remain silent for a while and then I say "Sorry, but is he on drugs, that’s all full of holes?". He answers with a "maybe. He deserves it." .. k fam.

Once Bro is reunited with the Tracy brothers I hear him yelling again, only this time he’s like, "You’re grounded!" to a fuchsia ball that should be Kayo. Then he continues with a "YOU TOO PENELOPE, GET GROUNDED!" and he proceeds to remove from the water a pink ball and a fuchsia one and place them in his hat. It is not known how, but even Grandma Tracy ends up grounded.

After a while I hear him shouting "Best Thunderbird of The Day!" and then I answer "Who is the Best Thunderbird of the day?". He, without even looking at me goes "Scott!" but then corrects himself. "Not Scott, but Thunderbird 1." I say, "Look, Scott’s dead." He says, "I’m trying to fill him with life." Okay, go ahead. Fill Scott with life.

So that's all. Alan is fat, Scott is dead, Virgil is on drugs and all the girls are grounded. Seems fair to me (?).

In conclusion, I love my Bro (and the Tracy's, obvi).

This is perfect!

And violà! @kazanskys-mitchell

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."

I drew this today to help me get over my artist’s block that showed up after spending literally two days working on my Eos picture a few days back. So, have another Eos, just for fun. I had an idea that when she’s thinking (specifically if she’s sitting down) she kind of kicks her legs back and forth like a little kid. (Something that she added into her mobile platform herself, just to help her blend in better. And because it’s fun having legs and feet to kick.)

Iceman: Don't do anything stupid, Mav.

Maverick: Define stupid.

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

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.