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altdultosaurs

The American military Did This ::gestures:: to Tom cruise.


NewLibraryGuy

Let's not discount the role Scientology had in creating him


RubyBop

This is the second film I’ve heard of Val Kilmer just doing Whatever The Fuck He Wants


Gergith

Was the first island of dr Moreau?


RubyBop

Yes indeed


magicalmysteryharold

I always wondered why/how Tom Cruise became such a relentless adrenaline junkie and part time stuntman, never occurred to me it was the US Military’s fault


Reer123

Join the Navy! (Top Gun is US NAVY propaganda)


Mendicant__

It's a three pronged approach, we have subliminal, liminal, and super liminal.


TenkoTheMothra

This somehow very quickly turned into OOPs barely disguised sexual fantasy


Shmarchaeology

Always was


Genus-God

WTF is this? In what world is Tom Cruise a twink in Top Gun? He's quite built. And him showing up in glitter? Sometimes the Tumblr "yes anding" low-level fiction can be exhausting. First two people at least had interesting commentary. Very often projects morph, and you have no idea what movie you're in till you see the final product


FoolRegnant

I feel like the implication is that young Tom Cruise always looked at least a little bit like a twink.


BillybobThistleton

They're not saying he looked like a twink in Top Gun. [They're saying he looked like a twink in Legend.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/b7fe5e03e85ab65dbd8659ad408a759d/621667eeb19e8dfe-fd/s540x810/c46c5077e97a404383dec8221e3c4b6381bfcdb1.gifv)


Genus-God

"looked even twinkier than he did in Top Gun", implying he was a twink in Top Gun


BillybobThistleton

... And today I will be playing the role of Person With Poor Reading Comprehension, without even needing to be blackmailed by my agent.


Throwaway02062004

Reading Comprehension Devil grows in power


SilverMedal4Life

how dare you say reading is the devil


Throwaway02062004

Chainsawman. If someone’s afraid of it, there’s a devil of it.


Genus-God

LOL. We all play that role once in a while :P


the_count_of_carcosa

Piss on the poor moment.


Alexandra169

Okay. He was a twunk then. Largely due to dehydration-induced muscle definition and a butch haircut. Feel better?


Reasonable_Feed7939

You could just say he had short hair...


Alexandra169

I *could* but since we're talking about his character using queer terms already, I decided to keep with the theme.


Salty_Map_9085

Ok but tumblr did not say he showed up in glitter, they were referencing how the pilots still saw him as his role from Legend


Genus-God

"looked even twinkier than he did in Top Gun", implying he was a twink in Top Gun


Sams59k

Doesn't it just imply he's somewhat twinkish. Not necessarily that he was a full on twink


Odysseyfreaky

Yeah he's definitely a twunk


kapottebrievenbus

I'd call him a relative Twink, compared to many other male actors and how he looks currently. BBBBBBBBBBut compared to actual twinks he's clearly not a twink


Pixelpaint_Pashkow

Jerma985


Deathaster

>they were looking homophobically at a long haired, glittery 22 year old twink that actually liked being obliterated What? Is this just implying Tom Cruise is gay because he looked effeminate?


Pokefan180

I think the implication is that "Reagan era pilots" would just assume that based off his appearance


Stoned_Nerd

I don't get why this was so hard to understand.


batti03

Because tumblrites and r/tumblrites see the word homo in any context and all blood leaves their brain.


ZhaoLuen

Fighter pilots are statistically 10,000% more gay than the gayest person you know


Gregory_Grim

Admittedly that statistic was raised after Top Gun came out, so it was probably closer to 5000% back in the day


ATN-Antronach

As someone who was the gayest man working at a pilot training command, those pilots were straight af. I feel cheated. :(


PineconeSnowstorm

u/ZhaoLuen is actually a recruiter trying to trick people into committing your mistake.


urbandeadthrowaway2

I would make that mistake without the promise of homosexuality 


ZhaoLuen

What base?


ATN-Antronach

NAVSTA Norfolk


LeicaM6guy

Clearly you’ve never spent time with Marines.


BubonPioche2

What if the gayest person I know is a fighter pilot ?


Corvid187

They're 5000% gayer than you previously realised


Blackhound118

x10 navy multiplier


Aeoleone

The 'actually liked being obliterated' here is probably referring to cruise enjoying the ride.


Hetakuoni

Yeah but they picked the *navy*. They would want to obliterate said twink in a much more homophilic manner.


ElectronRotoscope

Separately from what the Reagan-Era pilots might have assumed based on appearances, Tom Cruise has been rumored to be closeted since the 90s at least


Stoned_Nerd

Come out of the closet, Mr Cruise


King_Of_BlackMarsh

But why though...


PineconeSnowstorm

They weren't lying, that Reading Comprehension is piss-poor.


Sams59k

How dare you say we piss on the poor


Metue

They said they were gonna "obliterate" him by how crazy they were gonna fly cause they thought he was gay and needed to be taught a lesson. Turns out he enjoyed being "obliterated" which is to say, loved the crazy flying


ericarlen

He didn't even look that effeminate. He was more of a jock than a twink.


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Salty_Map_9085

No


Reasonable_Feed7939

**TRY NOT TO CALL NORMAL LOOKING GUY A 'TWINK' CHALLENGE** (IMPOSSIBLE!!)


Sams59k

God I love HaikuBot 💛


a_sly_cow

Reminds me of this Quentin Tarantino rant from a random tv show he was an extra in. https://youtu.be/ZF1LXL6OOsM?feature=shared


ClubMeSoftly

IIRC, Ray Bans were basically falling into obscurity before Tom Cruise yanked them back up in Top Gun


Kusatteiru

In NA, in asia it was due to to "A Better Tomorrow" by John Woo. Chow Yun Fat, as the main character wore ray bans and london fog overcoat. That sparked all the people who wanted to be in gangs, to adopt ray bans and london fog as their defacto uniforms/ style. Ray Bans send them both new sets of glasses every year.


MathematicianTop1853

This tumblr post…makes no sense whatsoever?


Drakkonai

Holy cow, you people are insane.


Konradleijon

Mantaee


King_Of_BlackMarsh

... I will never understand discourse around top gun


JosephTaylorBass

It’s always important to include Haiku-Bot when necessary!


Not_AndySamberg

this is insane ive been looking for OOPs first post for literal days now lmao i find this and it was, oh-so-coincidentally, posted just a mere 3 days ago???? nvm that im literally watching top gun for the first time rn too 💀 anyways gonna go watch legend now. for. reasons.