drift in silence

pacific rim was really like “our giant monster-killing robots are powered by the tender, intimate, powerful connection of soulmates - romantic, platonic, or familial” and i’ve never recovered from how the sheer brilliance of that concept made me feel

like i’m sorry but these enormous metal robots so vast and powerful that they run on nuclear reactor cores welded into their chests can only be moved and controlled by the power of love??? how does that not drive you utterly insane just thinking about it???

pacific rim really went OFF with drift compatibility. like, there was absolutely no reason the jaegers couldn’t be piloted by a single person; a bunch of teenagers managed it just fine solo in evangelion, but guillermo del toro was like “nah, we’re gonna reinvent the concept of soulmates with mecha and kaiju” and then went and did just that, the absolute madman,

And they also did that without making it inherently romantic

these robots are powered by LOVE

The Drift being powered by love is stated explicitly in the Tales From Year Zero graphic novel, which was written by Travis Beacham. And Pacific Rim is as much his baby as it is Guillermo del Toro’s — he wrote the script and the setting Bible, too.