#alice tonner
just watched this movie for the first time recently…pacific rim au anyone? ♀️
elaboration below since it got too long for the tags!
i was thinking of two different directions this could go:
1. if we were to stick closest to their positions in canon, the og archives gang would be scientists, and basically fulfill the role of newton
supernatural researchers —> kaiju researchers
desperate for literally anyone to enter the field after the kaiju attacks, Martin would easily be able to get into the institute despite not having any official scientific credentials
researcher au would also line up well if the kaiju are embodiments of The Fears, considering Jon’s connection to them (thinking of @/possumsquat’s tma au drawing! Jon drifts with part of The Beholding kaiju or something)
in terms of backstory too, Jon and Tim could’ve both had experiences with kaiju in the past leading them to become researchers
2. pilot au
Jon, Tim and Sasha are pilots (maybe Martin would become one later? wouldn’t start out as a pilot I don’t think..maybe in an emergency or something) - probably they’d all be compatible but maybe Tim and Sasha would be a pair and Jon would have another partner at first (/theyd switch around) (Gertrude? who is an icon in the field or something…also works with jon being Gertrude’s “successor” after she dies)
Danny, Tim’s partner dies in a kaiju attack and Tim swears off piloting until years later, which is when he meets with Jon and Sasha
theoretically I just love the action the adventure and the angst of them being pilots like i just feel like it’d be so fun. one of the main appeals of pilot au to me: DRIFT COMPATIBILITY BABY! the movie wasn’t perfect but you know i fw the concept of drift compatibility SO HARD i love it
i do think Martin would have another job at first (since you can’t really fake being a pilot you have to go through training and shit) - comms maybe? but i do love the idea of him piloting eventually. throw him in there for fun (+ him being actually adept at it)
in both these situations i was thinking of daisy/basira and georgie/melanie also being pilot pairs
of course, you could also mix this up - the above is just speaking with the main 4 archives crew having the same occupation, jon and sasha could be research while tim pilots and martin is comms, martin in research and jon pilots, etc etc…not even speaking of the different roles the side/background characters could have
anyways. yeah. if anyone has any thoughts on this i’d love to hear it!!
(sorry if this is a bit rough, as a said i originally typed these out as tags lol)
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