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ghostofaminaanima · 40 minutes
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Links to Pacific Rim creator Travis Beacham's own posts on drift compatibility and drifting
Drift compatibility is psychological, not genetic
The better you know someone, the more likely you are to be drift compatible
Drift compatibility is potential, not fate
Drift compatibility can be a choice
Friendship is the foundation of drift compatibility
The drift requires trust
Trust is fundamental; also drift compatibility can be determined with anything that tests how well you can anticipate each others' moves
That even includes multiplayer video games
Many cadets wash out during Pons training when secrets come out in the drift and shatter their relationships
A lot of pilots get messed up by flinching over sexual thoughts
Trying to avoid thoughts just makes them worse
Not everything you see in the drift is always real; also the way to deal with thoughts is just let them flow by
Pilots communicate through "headspace"
Illustration of a conversation in headspace
First drifts can be very confusing, because partners don't understand each others' minds very well yet
The drift exposes pilots to each others' raw, unfiltered thoughts
Raleigh knew what Yancy was going to say
The drift doesn't let you read your partner's mind like a database, and you may not necessarily understand what you see. Also when Pentecost says he carries nothing into the drift he means he's calm and stable.
Pentecost gained this calmness through meditation
Trying to block your partner from your mind will make you lose control of the Jaeger
Pilots who fall below 90% sync will be in trouble
General information plus info on RABITs
You can chase your partner's RABIT
Another post confirming you can chase your partner's RABIT
More RABIT info
More general information
Travis Beacham defines ghost drifting
Partners' personalities can rub off on each other
Neural overload doesn't hit you all at once; it accumulates
The time a pilot can go solo varies, and it's a steep curve from fine to dead
More info on solo piloting
Being high in the drift probably makes it harder to avoid chasing the RABIT
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ghostofaminaanima · 2 hours
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Because Raleigh and Yancy were connected when Yancy was killed, did Raleigh know what Yancy was trying to say before he got ripped out of the jaeger?
Yes.
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ghostofaminaanima · 4 hours
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Why do Jaeger pilots talk out loud to their co-pilots while Drifting? Even experienced teams such as the Kaidanovskys and the Wei Tang triplets do this, which seems odd to me because I'd expect them to just use their headspaces for communication by that point.
The first time you drift can be very confusing. Especially if you share no common memory reference points with your partner. It’s hard to use the headspace effectively at first. It can feel very impressionistic. Your minds are still learning one another’s “vocabulary” (for lack of a better term). But it gets easier, if you do it right. You learn how to read each other.
First time pilots are trained to “call” their moves 1) to focus the thought and 2) to teach your partner how to read you correctly. Kinda like tags or footnotes to the thought stream. You’ll see that Raleigh’s chatter is generally pretty light on details, and yet Mako instantly gets what he means. When he shouts, “Let’s do this,” she requires nothing more; they’re both picturing it – run, fist up, rocket jump, fist down. (They probably don’t even know which one of them had the idea.)
The more experienced pilots often still call moves purely out of habit, but also so that LOCCENT can keep up.
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ghostofaminaanima · 5 hours
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For your reference. A half-assed verbal illustration of what a drift with a new partner might be like. Red for one mind. Blue for the other. Purple for blended thoughts. Enjoy.
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ghostofaminaanima · 7 hours
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anyway going back to Pacific Rim, Jaeger pilots must go absolutely nuts for Pictionary. its a competitive sport to them, every time you get a group of pilots together for games night they're locked in an intense battle to see which team can be the most drift compatible. very serious business.
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ghostofaminaanima · 10 hours
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Neurodivergent people love pacific rim bc its basic theses are “two besties who share a braincell can pilot a mecha” and “what if crab was big”
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ghostofaminaanima · 11 hours
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God bless pacific rim for dying on the hill that queer platonic violence should be appreciated in full imax glory with a bass suplex cherry on top
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ghostofaminaanima · 13 hours
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Just two bros, bring adorable and in sync.
Benedict and Anthony Bridgerton | Bridgerton Season 3 trailer [x]
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ghostofaminaanima · 14 hours
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the briarwoods are like if the crypt scene of romeo and juliet went on forever and ever and ever and ever
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ghostofaminaanima · 16 hours
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this looked rehearsed. i think due to the sheer frequency with which marisha fake-punches her friends
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ghostofaminaanima · 17 hours
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ghostofaminaanima · 19 hours
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ghostofaminaanima · 20 hours
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It's soo telling that Halt (a prince-become-ranger who will die if he's alone for 2 minutes) saw Will having a hard time with the death of Alyss and Maddie being a little snotty/bratty and immediately thought "you know what would work?
Ranger training"
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ghostofaminaanima · 22 hours
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they should make this a legal requirement everywhere
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ghostofaminaanima · 23 hours
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Liam “Heartbreak Prince” O’Brien
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giovanni
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