LINKDING

<blockquote>I’ve thought of Raleigh and Mako ever since I first started listening to this song. And I finally sat down and did something about it. Not all fights are physical. On a daily basis many of us are fighting our pasts, or fighting aspects of ourselves that would tear us down if we let them. </blockquote>

<blockquote>I've been looking for a driver who is qualified. A Pacific Rim vid.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"Laurent's no use in a jaeger. Not any more," said Aimeric, soft and matter-of-fact. "He's broken."</blockquote>

<blockquote>Alison may run a thingy mafia, but she's not sure where the Marshall got the idea that it qualified her to negotiate with a mafia mafia.</blockquote>

<blockquote>One of the side-effects of Drifting is that Drift partners are no longer capable of being sexually attracted to each other. At all. Dr. Newton Geiszler is not happy about this.</blockquote> ➤ this fic is perfect to me

<blockquote>A love letter to Pacific Rim, in the form of a fanvid. Mostly about Mako, and also Raleigh and Stacker, and rangers, and JAEGERS. Much like the movie, there is no irony here. Only love. "if you are afraid, give more / if you are alive, give more now / everybody here has seams and scars / so what? level up"</blockquote>

<blockquote>Sasha has even more to offer than her celebrated fighting skills.</blockquote> ➤ Mako and the female half of the Kaidonovskys. AGH THEIR NAMES. (I like, for the record, what this fic does with their names; also with them in general)

<blockquote>The Jaegers make fighting evil, gigantic aliens look really cool!</blockquote>

<blockquote>Let your lion heart cleave the waves.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Being the Account of a Madcap Decision Made by Two Young Ladies of Quality, for the Good of People Everywhere.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Hey man – it’s a two bedroom flat, utilities + cable are included in the cost, I’m a dude, there’s no catch. My last roommate wasn’t cool with my job (gay-for-pay porn star) so he ditched, thus the ‘no douchebags’ clause. If you’re that kind of asshole, respond with some homophobic slurs just so I know what I’m getting into. If you’re not, lemme know when you can come by so I can show you the digs. – Raleigh   Or: Chuck moves in with a guy he found renting out a room on Craigslist, who just happens to be a gay-for-pay porn star. And hey, Chuck could always use some spare cash…</blockquote>

<blockquote>Together, they saved the world. But the world doesn't need saving any more, so where does that leave them? What life after the Kaiju holds for Mako and Raleigh.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Fuyumi can read between the lines of Mako’s file. The justification for having Mako on the base is paper thin -- strings have been pulled and favours have been bartered, and somewhere along the line someone decided Fuyumi was the perfect combination of talent and expendability to be brought into this mess. It’s only slightly closer to a compliment than an insult -- the balance tipped by the child at the centre of this, nine years old and heart-breakingly brave.    -- Scenes from the year after Stacker and Mako first meet.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Raleigh comes home with Mako for O-bon.</blockquote> ➤grief/healing over those they both have lost

<blockquote>Ignition and cognition.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Raleigh’s never told anyone, but he’s pretty sure he died in his escape pod after nuking the Breach.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The last time Mako was inside Gipsy Danger was six months ago. She's standing over them in the mess now, cleaned and polished, already looking more statue than amazon.</blockquote> ➤ in which Mako and Raleigh are bros and Hermann and Newt go for a marriage of convenience. ➤ Also everything is lovely and perfect because VERITY IS THE BEST

<blockquote>I want to talk about Pacific Rim, and why it is not, as I've seen a frustrating number of commentators claim, a "dumb" movie, or a movie that "knows that it's dumb," or anything like that, but first I want to talk about my girlfriend, and you're going to let me because you've already clicked through and given me the pageview, so you may as well stick around. Besides, I think it will help provide a reference point for some of the ideas I'm talking about.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Every war has two sides. Spoilers ahead.</blockquote>

<blockquote>She’s matched him from the start, blow for blow, move for move, and for the first time since he saw her six months ago he realises that Aleksandra Dmitriyeva is beautiful.</blockquote> ➤ eeee!

<blockquote>Mako, rebuilding.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"All that time living in the past, I never thought about the future until now. My timing has always been terrible."</blockquote>

<blockquote>When the Becket brothers were chosen out of nearly 200 other candidates, Yancy wasn't surprised in the least. You didn't need a genius level IQ or a football scholarship to pilot a jaeger. All you needed was a good partner. And Raleigh was the best.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The entire world believes they are in love, but this is not true.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Raleigh has no idea what life is going to be like, now that he and Mako have saved the world. Fortunately, at least he's not alone.</blockquote>