#drift compatibility

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

Dérive

Rating: Explicit

Chapter: 5/?

Artist: @maskenjager

Summary

Gustave Écrivain is a Head Mechanic of the Jaeger program, creator of the Painted series of Jaegers, and a former Jaeger pilot cadet. Verso Dessendre is one of the pilots of Painted Cypher, one of the fastest and most lethal Jaegers in the world, and currently without a co-pilot. Both of them have their past, their baggage, and a hundred reasons that they should not work together as Jaeger pilots. Yet the second they step in a sparring ring together, it is obvious from that very first exchange - they are meant to be. Can they overcome their respective pasts, and all of the obstacles in the present - to end up together in the one place that matters. The Drift.

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Here’s my breakdown of drift compatibility for different AFTG characters:

Andrew: not drift compatible with anyone

Aaron: not drift compatible with anyone

Allison: again, not drift compatible with anyone

Matt: he’s a lover boy but probably can’t handle drift with anyone… maybe Dan

Nicky: no, but it’s because no one wants to share their brain with him

Seth: probably not

Dan and Renee are drift compatible

Jean and Neil are drift compatible

Neil and Kevin are NOT drift compatible

Jeremy and Laila are OBVIOUSLY drift compatible

Derrick and Derek are drift compatible but god they are my little babies and I would hope they never needed it

Tbh Kevin is probably drift compatible with no one at all but he has potential with Jeremy. Kevin and Jean are drift compatible but Jean would never let Kevin inside his head

It's a thing I also attribute to the fact that the drift doesn't outright show every detail of a pilot's life to another, but rather allows some glimpses to pass between them as the neural connection takes hold. I think the memories the drift shows depend also on the pilots and the possible shared experiences that could help them find common ground. A good and easy explanation, considering you don't want your pilots to go to battle in the middle of an identity crisis, right?

It also means things like, if Chuck survived Operation Pitfall, he wouldn't ghost-drift with Pentecost because Pentecost didn't take his memories or ego to the drift. Which means that some pilots can drift out of their skill to accept others completely and remove their own existences out of the equation, living so actively in the present it was enough to hold the connection. A strong sense of trust and acceptance and complete selflessness.

Mk, so…despite this one being one of my picks, I could not for the life of me figure out what I wanted to draw for like…all the way up until I had to start sketching.

So I’m gonna do what I do best and stab myself in the chest before anyone else can.✨

Despite Sting being pretty stoic he does feel his emotions very intensely, so I have no doubt that he’d be way more likely to get sucked into chasing the RABIT between the two of them. Sprinkling lore around in subtle ways is absolutely one of my favorite things to do and OH BOI do I get to be abstract about it in this way.

First of all super big thanks to this master list of all the information compiled of all the Asks Travis Beacham has answered in regards to how Drift Compatibility works. It’s been so invaluable. And without it I wouldn't have stumbled upon the delightful information that it’s not always clear whose thoughts are whose in the Drift. Sounds like a SITUATION waiting to happen ✨

I may have fumbled my schedule a bit, so the Regency AU is on the back burner for a bit but hopefully I'll get around to it sometime in November. I didn't think Sting & Aqua like being human so thy fight me constantly 😮‍💨