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Ez’s Hunger Games aesthetics, part 17: Victors of the 30s (part 2 of 2)

Seeder Chapman of District 11, Victor of the 31st Games

Dylan Kahale of District 4, Victor of the 32nd Games

Beetee Latier of District 3, Victor of the 33rd Games

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🎶

*think montage of the family having fun*

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As the day grew later, more of the family found themselves lounging under the umbrella. Tuki took the chance to separate himself, finding a quiet corner to stare out at the water.

Today had been a good day. They would have to pull it out of him before he admitted it, but he missed his siblings. He knew they were always a call away and he appreciated it, even if he didn’t always show it. 

When everyone had been running around, laughing and playing, it had been easy to get lost in the fun. Now though, if he was going to be honest with himself (which after his talk with his parents, he’d decided he was going to try and do), something was missing. In specific, two people who should have been here but were not. It would be a lie to say he’d never had that feeling before, but now it felt even stronger.

Eventually, Aleki walked over and joined his brother. Not bothering to look up at him, Tuki said, “He’s dating Dick.” It never crossed Tuki’s mind to expand. He knew his brother would know. It seems like he was a terrible at hiding his true feeling about the blonde. 

The older man sat down and picked up a shell, running his fingers over it. “Maybe he’s changed.” 

Tuki shook his head, but remained quiet. He could go to great lengths on how his gut instinct told him that wasn’t true. How he had heard the venom dripping from the single name that he man had called him. But there was no need, because he had heard the doubt in his brother’s tone.

After another moment of silence, Tuki whispered, "I hurt him, Aleki.”

“You were kids.”

“I was nineteen.”

Aleki rolled his eyes. “Fine. You were young. You’ve grown since then. Hopefully learned from your mistakes. Sit down and talk. Tell him whatever it is that you’re keeping from him.”

The younger man started shaking his head before his brother has stopped talking. “I can’t do that.”

“Do you want to try and fix things? You start by opening up and telling the truth.”

Tuki sighed. “I can’t.” He quickly ran his hands through his hair before muttering, “FUCK!”

A dry laugh fell from his lips. “The one thing that could fix everything could also make things even worse. Fucking sounds about right.”    

[ecdgame]

Starter call for my males who are all sub/bottoms. Hit the like button and be sure to let me know who you’d like a starter from! 

Kasper Abdul (Zayn Malik) - Homosexual

Ryder Strong (Michael Clifford) - Homosexual

Shawn Taylor (Nick Robinson) - Homosexual

Ethan Hawkins (Niall Horan) - Homosexual

Dakota Kahale (Jason Momoa) - Homosexual

Cameron King (Luke Hemmings) - Homosexual

Peyton Knight (Corey Fogelmanis) - Homosexual

Landon Knight (Liam Hemsworth) - Homosexual

Nicholas Jordan (Miles Heizer) - Homosexual 

Niall Horan (Himself) - Homosexual

Echo Robertson (Calum Hood) - Homosexual

Wyatt Anderson (Ashton Irwin) - Homosexual

Jonah Miller (Dylan Everett) - Homosexual

Mason Miller (Louis Tomlinson) - Homosexual

Benjamin Rhodes (Harry Styles) - Homosexual

Asher Brown (Noah Centineno) - Homosexual

Greyson Martinez (Shawn Mendes) - Homosexual

Michael Clifford (Himself) - Homosexual

Luke Hemmings (Himself) - Homosexual

Calum Hood (Himself) - Homosexual 

Ashton Irwin (Himself) - Homosexual

Harry Styles (Himself) - Bisexual

Louis Tomlinson (Himself) - Homosexual

Zayn Malik (Himself) - Homosexual

Shawn Mendes (Himself) - Bisexual

Ryan Kaur (Avan Jogia) - Homosexual

Charlie Diamond (Ross Lynch) - Bisexual

Alex Bowen (Jack Mulhern) - Homosexual

Aaron Taylor (Tom Holland) - Bisexual

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What Mock Drafts Taught Me About the 2019 NFL Draft

I finally did my first mock draft of the season... and no I won’t share it with you; because who I picked is not what matters. What really matters is who was available, and more importantly, when.

Mock drafts are a tool. Nothing more, nothing less. Sure they can be entertaining, but for those of us that are trying to understand the draft (more specifically the 2019 draft as it’s own specific living, breathing, interconnected entity) mock drafts are a very valuable tool indeed.

Doing one mock draft is fun, or as a friend of mine calls it: “A beer and pretzels game”. Doing multiple mock drafts, on multiple platforms with multiple boards, is an exercise to better understand the forces that will shape how the draft actually plays out. Simply put, those forces are supply and demand. Supply is how many players there are of a certain position, quality, and schematic fit that are available to be picked. Demand is how many teams need players with those skills and how they will prioritize drafting them.

It comes down to a basic economy: if many teams need a certain position (let’s say EDGE players in 2019) and there are not that many available... they will go quickly and be “overdrafted” relative to their skill/overall worth. If there is a greater supply of a certain position (let’s use RB’s in the 2019 draft for this example) then teams can wait, pick the positions which have a scarce supply first, and still find a quality RB to fit their system in the later rounds. This simple concept defines how the draft will play out in any given season.

I did more than 10 mock drafts, on 2 platforms, using 3 different draft boards for this exercise. During this cycle, some patterns that will absolutely affect the Bears 2019 draft became crystal clear. Here’s what mock draft simulators taught me about the 2019 NFL Draft.

If Chicago wants an EDGE player (without trading up), they’ll have to take that shot first

Bad news Christian Miller fans: In 10 drafts the former Alabama EDGE never made it to the Bears first choice. In fact he never made it out of the 60’s.Players at his position are in high demand and will be overdrafted. While Miller was never available to the Bears at #87, players like Oshane Ximines were... sometimes. Jeff Berkes and I covered Ximines’ talents in our Bears Over Beers podcast focusing on EDGE players. I’d consider him a marginal value here but that’s beside the point. The point is if you don’t grab and EDGE player here, you are taking a heavy gamble that a lesser player will develop into a significant contributor down the line. The odds on that bet, historically speaking, are really, really low.

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Another player who was there (but is a definite reach) in the third round is Justin Hollins from Oregon. I think Hollins has the tools to become a player very much like Leonard Floyd. Apparently Vic Fangio agrees with me as the Broncos just had him in for a visit, but even so he is still very much a projection/gamble. Regardless of that assessment supply rules the roost in the draft. He was routinely gone when the next pick rolled around... so if you don’t pay for the premium ticket you’re not even going to get a seat on the ride.

Safety is very similar to EDGE: if the Bears want a player that will contribute in 2019, that player will likely be picked with pick #87

The Bears never even sniffed a player like Darnell Savage from Maryland with their pick at #87. While I can shed tears about that it doesn’t change the facts: If the Bears are bent on drafting a safety to play meaningful snaps this year, their fist choice is the best choice to fill that need.

A couple of players I’ve tabbed as good fits for Chicago were available with some regularity here. Marquise Blair from Utah was the most common fixture at this spot but after him the choices got really thin. Armani Hooker from Iowa occasionally landed within Chicago’s reach (3 out of 10 times) and he’d be a solid choice... but his availability was far from a sure thing.

Picking an RB with an early choice is, in draft capital terms, “inefficient”

This is the position that has probably gotten the most media play as the Bears likely first choice. I’ve focused on two main targets as fits for Nagy’s offense: Darrell Henderson from Memphis and Trayveon Williams from Texas A&M. I’ll cover their prospects one at a time.

Darrell Henderson was available on a fairly regular basis (in about half of the drafts), which was a welcome result. But a funny thing happened on the way to the forum: choosing Henderson at pick #87 basically submarined the rest of the draft. In terms of team needs, you end up chasing and picking lesser players from then on. Occasionally you’d have to abandon drafting the spot altogether because the pool of players who have even a hope of contributing is completely drained.

Williams on the other hand, was regularly available (7 out of 10 times) at Chicago’s fourth round choice. That means that Pace could spend their third rounder on a position that has a higher demand/lower supply and still get a top-quality back to add to his haul.

If you push this line of thinking out even further, and look at the generous supply of backs that might contribute who were available well into the later rounds (Bryce Love, Bruce Anderson, Ryquell Anderson, Jalin Moore, Darwin Thompson, etc.), then choosing an RB early is even more of anchor on Chicago’s overall draft strategy than previously thought.

The bottom line is choosing a back early makes little sense from a strictly supply and demand perspective in the 2019 draft. Will Pace and Nagy do it anyway? They well might if they truly believe the RB in their sights is a difference-maker.

CB is a need and solid options were usually available at the Bears second choice (#126 overall)

Cornerback is a understated need for Chicago. All you need to do to bring this concept into sharper focus is to imagine a serious injury to either Kyle Fuller or Prince Amukamara. While solid options were almost always available at #87 (David Long [Michigan], Joejuan Williams [Vanderbilt]) a secondary trend emerged: If the Bears waited until their second pick they usually had a viable option waiting for them.

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I think Michael Jackson from Miami has a solid skill set and would likely develop into a contributor. He was available in most of the drafts I did at Chicago’s second selection. This again left pick #87 open to select either an EDGE or a safety.

If Ryan Pace wants a quality TE, he’ll have to sell out to do it (and that has a ripple effect)

Tight end is a position where the Bears could use a little help or at least some solid insurance. It’s not a first-tier need but there are some quality TE’s in this year’s draft. I thought I might some value in the position but that never materialized. It turned out that if you wanted an impact TE this year, you had better select him at #87... and that had a chilling effect on the positions that you could choose from later on.

Grabbing a player like Dawson Knox, Kahale Warring, or Josh Oliver (the 3 TE’s available with the most frequency at pick 87) makes a lot of sense, but it effectively kills Chicago’s shot at a quality EDGE or safety and limits their choices at CB too. That’s a heavy price to pay for a position that’s not truly a need. Occasionally the Bears caught a break and Stanford's Kaden Smith was available at their fourth round choice... but even that only happened intermittently.

The last 10 picks before the Bears choose at #87 are going to be painful to sit through

Be prepared Bears Fans: the last 10 picks before the Bears choose at #87 will be a long, slow, sad march. In almost every draft I ran at least 6 out of the 10 players chosen in those 10 previous picks were players the Bears could legitimately target. Watching them slip away, when Chicago was so close to finally making its first selection, was painful... every time.

Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

There is quality depth at WR, even if there isn’t a need... and it could offer a hidden value

The Bears selection of pass catchers was as good as it’s been in a long time in 2018, and it might get even better in 2019. With Anthony Miller having a full year in the offense and Javon Wims looking to make the most of his sophomore campaign as well, Chicago’s receiving corps looks topped off with talent. But the draft doesn’t care, and it is absolutely stuffed to the gills with pass catching talent this time around.

Ryan pace has a created a roster that is so complete that he could easily make choices with an eye almost solely not on the upcoming season, but rather the season after that (2020). If he goes that route (see what I did there?) he could easily load up on a young pass catcher who slides a bit in this draft.

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Receiving prospects who are loaded with potential like Stanley Morgan Jr. (Nebraska), DeMarkus Lodge (Ole Miss), Jakobi Meyers (NC State), and Terry Godwin (Georgia) were often available at Chicago’s 5th round choice (#162). While the position isn’t an immediate need it could offer significant value and set the Bears up for sustained future success.

Did anything surprise you? Does this change your mind about what Chicago's positional draft order should be? Lay it all out in the comments section below.

Source: https://www.windycitygridiron.com/2019/4/16/18347060/chicago-bears-nfl-mock-drafts-taught-about-2019-justin-hollins-michael-jackson-stanley-morgan

[imasradiantasthesun]

The Victors of the 1st-73rd Games

here is my list of all of the victors of the Hunger Games prior to the first book! DISCLAIMER: this is not an attempt to assert anything about canon. in fact, some of this actually (intentionally) contradicts both canon and fanon! this is simply a reference list for my AU thg fic, holding bright, in which i mention a good amount of my headcanon/AU versions of past victors

Some notes:

Some nicknames:

Magdalena Flanagan goes by Mags

Anemone Cresta goes by Annie

Emmeline Lin goes by Lyme

Some people in the Capitol call Adrienne Hughes "Mercy"

Dylan Kahale winning at 19 is not a typo; he was 18 at the time of the reaping, but his 19th birthday occurred on the seventeenth day of his Games

The idea that Seeder won the 31st Games comes from the fic The Victors Project by Oisin55

The idea that Cecelia won the 57th Games comes from Fall Into the River by Oisin55

The headcanon that Annie's name is short for Anemone comes from the fic Valor, Valeria by aimmyarrowshigh

A list of the victors sorted by district can be found below the cut :)

[imasradiantasthesun]

Hey!!!

I’m interested in your thoughts: how many living Victors do you think each District has at the time of the QQ reaping?

omg hi!! thank you so much for the ask, i love talking about the victors!! iirc there were 59 victors still alive shortly before the quell, so here's what i think:

1: 11 total, 8 living: Jasper Montgomery (2nd, dec.); Ruby Red Bird (6th); Mirage Dubois (17th); Luxe Cloud (22nd); Jade Crawford (30th); Onyx O'Hara (42nd); Amber Nova Astor-Moon (51st); Quartz Whitegrass (59th); Cashmere Davenport (63rd); Gloss Davenport (64th); Crystal Chanel Michaels (66th)

2: 14 total, 11 living: Rex Barnes (1st, dec.); Atticus Nader (4th, dec.); Diana Roseman (8th, dec.); Florence Malina (19th); Ace Robinson (27th); Violet Rashid (28th); Valerie Banks (36th); Brutus Kumar (40th); Emmeline (Lyme) Lin (46th); Leo Kalinin (52nd); Sebastian Kim (56th); Enobaria Moore (62nd); Augustus Braun (67th); Julian Stone (72nd)

3: 5 total, 4 living: Edie Faris (13th, dec.); Sofie Park (26th); Beetee Latier (33rd); Wiress Payne (48th); Gage Patel (54th)

4: 10 total, 9 living: Tomi Ando (5th, dec.); Magdalena (Mags) Flanagan (11th); Caspian Zhang (15th); Siobhan Sullivan (24th); Dylan Kahale (32nd); Estrella Williams (39th); Pearl Davis (49th); Halia Kane (55th); Finnick Odair (65th); Anemone (Annie) Cresta (70th)

5: 4 total, 3 living: Dacie Quinn (16th, dec.); Porter Millicent Tripp (38th); Wyatt Medina (44th); Vander Allen (61st)

6: 3 total, 2 living: Basma Ford (23rd, dec.); Adrienne Mercedes Hughes (43rd); Miles Horowitz (60th)

7: 5 total, 3 living: Phyll Thomas (9th, dec.); Olive Sato (20th, dec.); Grover Hits Back (41st); Blight Hackman (58th); Johanna Mason (71st)

8: 4 total, 4 living: Woof Dimatteo (12th); April Webber (21st); Sasha Travin (35th); Cecelia Balan (57th)

9: 5 total, 4 living: Malt Waters (7th); Robin Blue Ryan (25th, dec.); Maisie Olson (34th); Erika Miller (53rd); Isaac Mesteth (68th)

10: 4 total, 3 living: Vina Garza (18th); Aubrey Flores (29th, dec.); Paxton Bernal (47th); Bel Cuervo (73rd)

11: 6 total, 5 living: Cane Harrison (3rd, dec.); Honeydew Hayes (14th); Seeder Chapman (31st); Harvey McLean (37th); Chaff Santana (45th); Clementine Jones (69th)

12: 4 total, 3 living: Lucy Gray Baird (10th, dec.); Haymitch Abernathy (50th); Katniss Everdeen & Peeta Mellark (74th)

i think that the majority of the deceased victors passed away from old age, with the exception of a few (general TW because this gets dark):

Dacie Quinn (D5, 16th Games): died of cancer at the age of 53 (56 ADD)

Olive Sato (D7, 20th Games): died in childbirth at age 40 (42 ADD)

Basma Ford (D6, 23rd Games): died from a morphling overdose at age 27 (32 ADD)

Robin Blue Ryan (D9, 25th Games): murdered at age 37 (44 ADD) (imo he was a very unpopular victor in D9 because a) he was voted in, and b) as D9's first actual mentor, he didn't do very well, bringing home only one tribute in the 19 years he mentored)

Aubrey Flores (D10, 29th Games): drowned in his bathtub while drunk at age 40 (53 ADD)

Onyx O'Hara (D1, 42nd Games): died by suicide at age 26 (50 ADD)

anyways... thank you SO much for the ask, i'd love to hear what you think :3

[des-dabbles]

More holiday fun. 💖

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@lilletisims built me a beautiful house for a Secret Santa gift. (Thank you again sweetie!) I took the Tuhoro’s and some of the extended family off for some holiday fun. 

[des-dabbles]

~We didn’t realize we were making memories. We just knew we were having fun.~

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all the L questions!

You are evil.. very very evil. 

L. For the Writer/Owner

How have your characters changed since you created them? Umm.. mostly minor things. I think Tuki has changed the most from initial to final “form”. I think it’s natural though. Oc’s revealing more of themselves the longer you talk about them.  

What do you consider the biggest themes in your character, if any? Being true to yourself and accepting yourself... I guess. 

Did you create the character to be like yourself, did they end up being like yourself, or are they very different from you? I never fully intend to create a character like myself. Adi being the closest to a self insert I could possibly make. Each has a piece of me in them though. 

Would you hang out with your OC if you could? Most of them. There’s a couple I’d avoid. 

Which OC do you think is the most decent morally or behaviorally?  AKA, which is supposed to a “good guy”? Um... 99% of them? I struggle writing the “bad” characters. lol

Which OC do you think is the worst morally or behaviorally? AKA, which is supposed to be a “bad guy”? Definitely James. And if I’m honest, Tuki has got some really bad habits. 

Which OC do you think is the most attractive? Ummmm... Damn. I remember when Jay aged up to an adult.. 😍. I was just blown away by him. And then I do really really love Aleki and Tuki. Oooo. And Kahale. Y’all only got glimpses of him, but he knocked me out flat. As for the females... hands down, Dylan. She is just absolutely stunning.  

What’s the longest you’ve had an OC for? Ummm... I guess in the scheme of things, not very long. Once their story is told, it’s only natural to move onto the next. That’s the way of sim legacies, huh? I guess, Tuki’s my longest OC. He was born in game a year ago. Holy heck. That’s been a while. 

How did you come up with your OC? Most of my oc’s are byproducts of their gameplays/challenge rules. So they’re just me translating what i think they were thinking when playing the game. And I’ve said it many many times before and will always be thankful to her, but without my very sweet friend, @fataleromeo, I would not have Tuki. I mean, besides sending me Ari to win Hope’s heart, it was her asking me what Tuki’s story would be. And as for his actual story and how it came about... I don’t know. Just one of those moments where it just suddenly hits you.

Ask your own here.

[des-dabbles]

22 for Dylan and 32 for Aleki. I miss those two 💛

22. Does your OC prefer knowledge, or wisdom?

Knowledge. It was that thirst for knowledge that led her on that path of becoming a spellcaster. Her wanting to know more about gardening made her stumble across that hidden book. 

32. Would your OC be better at an obstacle course, or a standardized test?

Oh... tough. He’s always been pretty good at everything. Yeah, he’s that annoying type of person. lol. I’m going to say obstacle course though. Besides Kahale, he’s the more sportier of the children. 

More OC Questions. What? I like them. 😂

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I sat up and she followed suit. I proceeded to tell her everything.

“Mom and Dad might have saved Strangerville, but it doesn’t mean the residents trust non human folk.”

“Bullies?” she asked and I nodded. “Why didn’t you ever say anything? We all would have been on a flight and we would have knocked some sense into them.”

I laughed. “And that’s why I didn’t say anything. What good would it have done?”

“I don’t know. You tell me? What good did it do today?” I couldn’t answer right away. I didn’t have to though. “It wasn’t you they came after today, was it? Was it Tuki or the trips?”

“Tuki can take care of himself. Truthfully, I’d hate to see what he would have done, the little shit.” I shook my head as Dylan and I shared a small smile, knowing my brother had a bit of an evil streak.

“It started with them talking shit about Laila and Kahale. When I told them to knock it off, they brought up Mom and how ‘disgusting’ it was that she got with Dad to begin with. I don’t really remember throwing the first punch, but I sure as hell finished it”

[ecdgame]

Starter call! Like for a starter from any of my boys. Make sure to read their bios! Be sure to specify who you’d like otherwise I will choose randomly: 

Kasper Abdul - (Zayn Malik)

Shawn Taylor - (Nick Robinson)

Ethan Hawkins - (Niall Horan)

Dakota Kahale - (Jason Momoa)

Cameron King - (Luke Hemmings)

Peyton Knight - (Corey Fogelmanis)

Landon Knight - (Liam Hemsworth)

Nicholas Jordan - (Miles Heizer)

Niall Horan - (Himself)

Echo Robertson - (Calum Hood)

Wyatt Anderson - (Ashton Irwin)

Jonah Miller - (Dylan Everett)