#I knew it'd be bad but gahdamn

[agirlking]

10 years for them to kill Varric, give Solas a fate worse than death, and reveal a big bad who apparently controlled everything in the series.

[walder-138]

why hello there, are you ready to continue the angst train? 8) because apparently my brain was cooking up some really sad shit and I had to share it ;u; my heart was breaking when I thought of this, honestly, why was I so meeeeaaaannnnn

tw: death mention (putting this here out of courtesy <3)

ANYWAY SO!

I was thinking about this and I must preface with this doesn't have to happen, but it was a thought - as Nikolai or Nadya would become Bell; I started thinking about the Trabzon airfield mission in the campaign, how Adler found his Bell there. Now, in the canon story for Jodie, that's where Arash tries to assassinate her for her betrayal of the faction, ordered by Perseus himself, but she lives and Adler and the team find her there.

BUT WHAT IF, both she and Nik were in that car - yes, Nadežda's betrayal is still revealed and Arash assassinates her. Succeeds. Then also tries to off Nikolai because he is actual competition for Arash within the hierarchy of the faction.

So in a matter of ONE NIGHT, Annika loses not only her father (who becomes Bell), but Nadežda who probably would have been one of the only people who could have soothed her in the face of her father going missing, both because of the woman's betrayal (I can't imagine Annika taking that well AT ALL) and because of, well, Arash having good aim.

I am sorry, (no I'm not) for this awful what if; it sucks. Catch me crying here-

BAD GOOSE *Bonks you with a cartoonishly oversized mallet*

HITTING ME WITH THE ANGST TOO EARLY IN THE GAHDAMN MORNING GIRL

For reference, I’m gonna say au!Annika’s about 17 years old, the age where, no matter the universe, something goes wrong for her.

Let’s not fuck around any longer—thank you for the ask Goose!

After losing the two people she looked up to, Annika would honestly find their disappearances suspicious. She heard chatter about Nadya’s betrayal, and knew Arash had a personal vendetta against Nikolai. Annika thought the two of them dying with Arash on board wasn’t a coincidence.

At this point, girlie would have two options:

1) Let herself be taken into CIA custody and whistleblow on the entire Perseus organization.

2) Run.

You’d never be able to guess which one Annika chose.

Annika has no protection and she’s been a liability since Nik took her in. She knows this, which is why she plans on making like a tree ASAP. She thinks she's next, and unlike c! Annika who'd be like "Come and get me bitches I'd love to see you try.", this one hasn't experienced true fear or loneliness in years. Annika always had either Nik or Nad, but with them gone, she would be trying to claw her way out of the Perseus faction.

Annika isn't a hostile woman, revenge wouldn't be on her mind. Getting out safely without any holes in her chest would be her top priority.

We'd get to see bleached-hair Annika (but instead of it being because of her self-esteem issues, it'd be for her protection) and she'd try to take the first train out of the fucking country.

Unless ;)

Thanks for the ask pookie! Sorry for the late response!