Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Pacific Rim (Movies) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Newton Geiszler/Hermann Gottlieb Characters: Newton Geiszler, Hermann Gottlieb Additional Tags: Post-Movie: Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018), Fluff, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, vague spoilers for several marvel movies, the first half of this is incredibly self-indulgent, and the second half is angst, it’s all fun and games until the parallels kick you in the feels Summary:
Newt, for his part, has always gravitated more toward monster movies than superhero films, and Hermann’s memories of them are rather fuzzy, so they are both going in with very little knowledge of what to expect. Hermann is sure it will be fine, though.
This is his first mistake.
I’d been kicking this idea around for a little while, and then this post by @avelera finally inspired me to sit down and write it.
Newt, for his part, has always gravitated more toward monster movies than superhero films, and Hermann’s memories of them are rather fuzzy, so they are both going in with very little knowledge of what to expect. Hermann is sure it will be fine, though.
I can’t believe Bucky Barnes from the Captain America franchise and Newt Geiszler from Pacific Rim, two wildly different characters, got the exact same goddamn flavor of mind controlled:
– Kidnapped/taken over by the enemy while fighting to save the world
– Turned to the purpose of destroying their former friends (and lover, if you ship it)
– Required regular doses of contact with their tormentor to have their personalities rewritten, both of which involved having a crown-like mechanism strapped to their heads (the HYDRA mind wipe device/Drifting with Alice)
– Possessed only a vague awareness of what had happened to them, typified by flickers of emotion/distress only briefly visible through their programming
– Appearance/clothing choices turned into a literal dark mirror of who they used to be
– Neither realizing how badly they had been subverted/controlled against their will to fight for their former enemies until they were literally threatening the lives of their closest friend(/lover)
And people ask if I have a type. I do. It’s a really, really, ridiculously specific one apparently.
a classic theme in world literature, art, film and video games; most notably in those that have a lot of action. This trope usually involves beautiful, innocent, or helpless young female leads, placed in a dire predicament by a villain, monster, or alien, and who requires a male hero to achieve their rescue. After rescuing them, the hero often obtains their hand in marriage.
“The love interest should speak to the character arc and push him or her to grow with regards to the protagonist’s inner journey. It relates to the lesson, core value, or point of the protagonist’s evolution (…)
The romantic interest serves the protagonist’s journey by highlighting how much better off they will be if they succeed in their goal and earn the love (or save the life) of the one person who completes them emotionally. Without this love interest, the hero(ine) can never be happy, content, or fulfilled.This is why the love interest is so often the character tied to the proverbial railroad tracks (or worse)”
Avelera 