#idk! there are options there are options

[faebriel]

what’s everything like for Niki post-games? Does she actually have any effect on the Capitol itself?

that is a good question!! i was thinking about this. re: the effect she has on the capitol... i'm kind of inclined to say. no? maybe a little but largely no. not yet.

as far as niki's life post-games - i think she kind of spent the games clinging to just win, just win, just win and we'll cross the other bridge when we get there. which is kind of fair, considering how whip-quick she had to go from i don't care if i die, i won't perform for them to i must smile and dance and sing and kill just long enough to get us both out of here.

i don't think the capitol especially likes her. i mean, number one, schlatt is the president, which is basically a niki-specific orbital level threat in any universe (/silly). while she was a perfectly nice tribute on the surface she wasn't the favourite to win, and people in high places did notice her stubbornness when she first arrived, and no one is happy about how she won. i'm thinking that she really did manage to do some damage to the arena and unearth something flammable when she set the fire - the fire damage could be written off as a flashy accident made by a scared tribute, but people know she fanned the flames on purpose. it was kind of a dirty way to win. it showed imperfections in the arena and in the system, and that is not good for her.

(and niki's not thinking about that when she sets the fire. she's thinking oh god oh fuck scared tired hurt hurt hurt bleeding i'm going to die here i'm going to die i'm going to - because she does not play this stupid ass political game. when niki needs to survive, she just survives. she's too busy trying to win one game to even register that she's simultaneously playing another.)

so it's not great. her family's probably not dead yet, or any of her friends in 12 (bear or sophie, maybe?) but it's definitely a conversation that's been had. worst of all, capitol or schlatt or whoever have probably noticed by now her attachment to this random avox, which is not fantastic news for wilbur.

i think because of the type of person schlatt is, he'd be more likely to keep wilbur as a living hostage until niki outlives her usefulness as the most recent victor. you can only kill a guy once, but behave on your victory tour or loverboy gets it has like, infinite usage on these two.

also, considering emerald duo as district 13 (which admittedly i haven't thought as much about because i think the capitol structure is fucked up and interesting to explore and i don't want to pull them away from that too fast) - they would not operate district 13 the same way as canon does. i can't really see them advocating for a very specific mockingjay. i could see niki winning people inside the capitol over to their side, though, if she was very careful.

oh yeah - i think niki would get to know some of the other victors (and now, her fellow mentors)! she has a weird thing with the district 4 victor from two years ago. yes i'm talking about puffy. but honestly, i think niki would go very quickly from i don't want anything to do with these people to oh god we went through the same shit... i could see her being an unexpected force of unity for former victors, especially with how quickly and easily niki makes friends. i think that is something that could have an unexpected, mutinous effect throughout the capitol.

[raychleadele]

“Why did you follow this person ? uwu”

I’ve been here for fourteen years, do you think I remember? I don’t know who any of these people are anymore. I don’t know why they’re on my dash. I allow them to stay because they haven’t pissed me off enough to unfollow them yet. “Why did you follow this person?” I’m not sure I ever did. They’re just part of my ecosystem now.

[sga-owns-my-soul]

reblog to give ur mutuals a soft lil kissy on the head

[rubensmuse]

brennan lee mulligan has to do comedy with that name bc he was born too late to be a presidential assassin

[composeregg]

edit (10/23/2024) now that the poll is over: Original version, with 10 questions, from April 2023 here

And, given that the original is from April 2023, that means I can very easily say:

No, this was not an ISAT reference!

Just because I use parentheses and 2nd person pov and love the same concepts of what a time loop can do to a person doesn't mean it's ISAT

(Yes, I like ISAT, the original poll is why I was recommended the game! But if you look at the original, you can see all the origins of the options to choose from, including what spurred me on with the moss option from the replies)

If I were going to make something for ISAT, I would never be so vague, you can simply look at my ao3 for proof of that

[uncharted-constellations]

Them, your honor

Anyways thank you echoes for giving poor a-ttp link a rest

[wuntrum]

honestly love when artists draw copious amounts of fanart for a character and then start adding more and more personal touches or headcanons to how they depict them and then just change their name and adopt them as an original character. its like watching nature heal in real time

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

Am I the asshole for getting my best friend killed?

I swear to God, it was an accident.

My (27) BF (34) has a reputation for getting himself out of any jam you can imagine; and at first it was just a fun little thing the friend group noticed: there goes Oily J wiggling his way out of trouble again. but as the meme evolved in the group, it got to the point where we'd loykey started getting him into situations just to see how he'd get out of 'em, and he akept getting out of em. He was having fun with it too same as us. "Oh you guys," he'd say, "getting me into situations again," before laughing it off and getting out of it, so it was enrichment for our shared enclosures, and as time went on, the situations got more intense.

The trouble is, it turns out that putting a man in too many situations eventually gets the police interested. And not local hobsknockers cops either; they was like, proper three-letter FEDs. They put out a bounty on any information pertaining to his capture and everything. It was good money too so I thought, hey why don't I put J in another situation he can wiggle out of like always (and he'd wiggled outta worse before, so I thought this one'd be relatively mild), and at the next boardgame night (cause it was too late to do anything special for this one) we can buy some extra strong booze and get absolutely blitzed while having a giggle about the situation.

Boardgame night, and we were playing some social deduction nonsense or another and he says: "One of you is gonna betray me tonight." and I can't help but think, looking back on it, that he knew. It's stupid, I know he was talking about the game, but the way he said it, it was like he knew. We all felt it, and we had a big round robin round the table taking turns promising that we'd never betray him. And I said it so easily cause I thought it was true. Sure, I was gonna talk to the feds about a bounty; but, I fully expected my big beautiful oily boy to wiggle his way out of the trouble I was 'bout to cause, and that's not a betrayal. I wasn't lying. I didn't think I was lying.

My big beautiful oily boy didn't manage to wiggle his way out of it. They killed him and I got my blood money. He's gone.

He's gone and I'm devastated, crying, mourning. I loved him so much. We all did. And I can't stop thinking that it's my fault: that I'm the reason he's gone. and it is. and the guilt is eating me up inside. and I just need to talk to someone about it. So, I tell the rest of the group what happened in the group chat, hoping they'd understand that I didn't want this. I didn't want the government's blood money. It was supposed the be a prank. some joint enclosure enrichment. He was supposed to wiggle out of it like he always does... did, i mean.

They call me, among worse things, the asshole and kick me from the group chat. And, I know it's my fault he's dead: I know that. If I didn't do what I did, he wouldn't be dead right now. But, I didn't mean it for it to end up this way. He was supposed to be okay, damn it. I loved him. AITA?

What are these acronyms?

[placesyoucallhome]

Size/Height difference poses

I love height differences aesthetically, but posing them can sometimes be a pain! So to cater to those that also struggle with posing smols and tols, I have a few options-

Meant for art of any type and ask memes, for drawing, writing, photography (like gpose!), ect. Gender nonspecific and for any sort of relationship type, romantic, platonic, and antagonistic!

[esttillie]

Doorkeay/Gerrymichael coffee shop shenanigans + my silly brainrot with Gerry calling Michael "curls" like some cliche highschool badboy because I find it cute and no one can stop me RAAAAHHH—

Also, HUGE thanks to @distortionenby for helping me with suggestions for this piece AND for correcting my basic yet terrible english mistakes :') GO CHECK IT OUT

Zoomed in versions:

[arsenicflame]

Bonus round! Do you use a queue tag?

[knockknockwhosthereartistism]

I see your “Bill and Ford go to therapy together” and I raise you “Ford being the therapist”

[ryssbelle]

Thought of this while at work, sorry it's a bit hard to read I sketched it out really fast before my last shift lmao wanted to get it done so I could work on other stuff hehe

If it's any consultation Floyd is mostly talking about himself

[wasyago]

squeaky_toy_sound_effect.mp4

[bara-izu]

The secret third option during the afterparty

Local paladin turns down sex for meaningful conversation