#why can’t we all just have fun

[dykedvonte]

Ok so we know you love Benny (rightfully so, I mean look at the man) but do you have any thoughts on the other Chairmen? Swank and Tommy specifically?

I have so many thoughts on the Vegas families but even more on the Chairmen just because of how unique their position is.

Like to start off, I have mentioned and still fully believe the Chairmen are the most paranoid and distrusting of all of the Vegas families. You can get sucked into many personal dramas and plights when it comes to the other Vegas Families; Quest-lines that get you super involved with their inner workings and pasts, ergo, quest-lines like Beyond the Beef and How Little We Know. Other than the very little side quest we get from Tommy, where you don’t even out in a good word for the Aces Theater for the talent recruits, your very boxed out with the Chairmen.

While the other families are more curious and intrigued by the NCR and Legion tensions rising, House being killed and other things, the Chairmen are always paranoid, concerned and negative. They mention wanting to leave like in the old days but can’t drop the act. They don’t mention anything that isn’t in a way that relates back to them and it tells how little they wish to or do interact with those outside the family. Swank mentions how he doesn’t trust the other families and the sentiments are shared with Tommy who discourages you from seeing the other sights. They are probably not purposely isolating themselves but they keep to their own. I only think this is extrapolated by House favoring Benny as a successor and possibly more restrictions on them. They were the first family and likely the prototype of whatever is detailed in their contracts. House was not as lenient as he is now, taking Swank referring to House’s rules into account.

Specifically about Tommy and Swank is interesting. Tommy feels like he’s older to me, not like more mature but he’s been around to see how far the Boot-Riders changed into the Chairmen. He’s not like an old guy either but older than Swank and Benny. I like to think he’s a middle ground to Swank and Benny, where Benny is the idealist, Swank is the nihilist and he’s there realist. You gotta real with people when you work in entertainment. He has a keen eye and can tell when things aren’t right but doesn’t jump out of his lane, not without provocation that is. In relation to Benny, I think Tommy’s like a snide older brother type guy. He rips on Benny cause the guy is so obsessed with not being seen as a tribal anymore but Tommy of all people can see when someone is playing too much into a bit. Benny keeps him close cause he keeps him real.

Swank is described in universe by House as being dependable but unimaginative. I don’t think that’s fully the case but he isn’t the person to push things in my eyes either. He has complaints but he does what he’s asked of and is loyal. More of a “Are you sure” Man than a “Yes” Man. I don’t think he sees the best in the people around him but prefers to see them as static. I take this with how hard it is to convince him that Benny is a traitor and how he seems shocked you are so ready to kill him. Things run a certain why and it’s why he likes that. It’s why he’s so good a managing The Tops. He wants things to run smooth and easy and everyone to be having a time. He’s the type to struggle with a shift in change at first but then forget why when the new song and dance start to come naturally. He plays the part just like Benny but also reminds him of what they came from. He’s his most trusted advisor and friend keeps him in focus.

This is all personal opinion and just a quick run down of it. But I hope I answered at least some of what you asked:p

#like the chairmen are so odd to me cause other than Benny they have no shit going on #like of all the asses in the game Benny isn’t even close to top on a minor scale outside what he did to the courier #like their biggest issue is The Aces needing more acts like why are they the only group that collectively just wants to run the casino #but yeah the chairmen had to change themselves the most when it came to functionality like the WGS is still food based and the Omertas can #still be blood thirsty and vile but they are like squeaky clean Vegas fun #drinking and booze but none of the other main features of their tribal culture no fighting no displays or honor having to be in the same #place constantly like it’s understandable why they struggle as they specifically complain about the whole lifestyle while the other famalie #just hate one aspect #Tommy to me keeps Benny real to himself while Swank keeps him real to others #cause you can’t tell me swank don’t mean something to him when he just listens when he’s told to go to his room #just I wish we got a chairmen quest outside of Bennys whole thing cause they get pushed to the center just to be out of focus #fallout #fallout new vegas #swank fnv #tommy fnv #tommy torini #the chairmen fnv #the chairman #benny gecko #ask #anon

[kinokoshoujoart]

the sos awl development team really looked at rock and said “even if we could fix him (we can’t) he would never agree to it, carry on king”

#and i’m eternally grateful they responded this way #my odd worldview king has every possible brain disease and disorder and he’s perfect just the way he is #cora clownposting content #sos awl #multiple interviews stress that rock was left unchanged because he was always a fucking weirdo and will remain so eternally #i also love that they use the same logic i do. sorry couldn’t redesign him he wouldn’t let us. sorry rock insisted on being drawn this way #what? just change his personality? sorry our hands are tied because he would not fucking say we can rewrite him #explains why his risqué first heart event dialogue was left entirely unchanged in the jp yet maya can’t call him a nanpa anymore #english localization toned it down this time. natume used literal translations and some roughly equivalent english double entendres #sometimes just ignored them #xseed did decide to make him wink when inviting you to be fun-buddies so idk #xseed definitely held a gun to his head for his toned down lines they have Hostage Situation vibes #‘hi there platonic buddy pal!!’ *winks in morse code to spell the words ‘SEX NOW??’* #psychic damage posting #bokumono #hm awl #rock (awl) #this was in my drafts when the heck did i write all this #rock tumbling (sos)

[zeb-z]

wtf is it with political roleplay that gets all the weirdos coming out of the woodwork and putting a damper on things. specifically on twt like can people let the cc’s play characters and have conflict and have fun like goddamn man

#probably deleting this I just need to be angry about this #bbh priv tweeted he’s gonna step away from the rp for a while and I entirely understand why and he’s gonna talk about it tomorrow #so absolutely no shade to him #but fuck can’t people be normal #like. hermitcraft for example. could you imagine cancelling Ren over his whole corrupt king arc #no because it’s rp and he’s playing a character and they’re all having fun #and bads chat is so bad about all kinds of etiquette too in general it’s embarrassing it’s awful #and now we get no lore just when it’s getting good like fuck them fr #not just because of the loss of lore but because it puts cc’s into uncomfortable positions! like stop being freaks!! jfc!!!!! #it’s all a story! chill the fuck out! #fuck all y’all. bbh should have a domestic terrorist arc and turn off his phone #and forever should like. destroy the island or smth idk. let them play characters and have conflicts!!!!!! #qsmp #z speaks

[lonelysatoru]

twitter one piece fandom is so annoying like. it’s all just power scaling, calling random strawhat members useless, and zolu zosan debates like girl can you please be quiet and just watch the show

#idgaf who’s ‘stronger’ idgaf about power scaling #can you please just show me zoro like what’s da problem ion need all the rest of the rah rah thank youuu #text post #just ship wars and nonsense really #one piece #i hate engaging with most fandoms cuz why can’t we ever have fun yall take everything wayyy tooo serious or not serious enough #and don’t get me started on how bad they miss the plot on twitter. #it’s like we’re not even watching the same SHOW #just ranting sorry

[akkivee]

bonds are necessary for the true hypnosis mic to be used according to rei!!!! so bonds not only negate the effects on the target, but also on the user as well!!!!!

#this is vee speaking #the amount of love rei has can bring humanity to its knees i think #like i feel like that’s basically rei saying as long as you have love nothing can harm you/anything that’s broken can be fixed #i wonder what hypmic would have been like if all six divisions actually got to be in the series from the start lol #like i feel like i was right about rosasa being created for rei to get him into the battles #esp now that we know HIS agenda behind the drbs was to find a user #and in harmonious cooperation we learned you can share a mic so if the bond’s strong enough #they can withstand the effects together #oof i’m straying from my original thought lol but i like this train of thought better lol #chuuoku intentionally brought nagosaka in to utilise their bonds with ichiro and samatoki #so i can’t tell if chuuoku fully understood why the drbs were a thing??? #but i assume so and ramuda and jakurai was just their easiest back up plan???? #like tho half the teams were put together by choice the other half (posse dh bat) were government crafted #and setting aside posse for being crafted for watchdog reasons lol nagosaka were intentionally made and made using bonds #rei went to rosasa and bat’s connecting thread was hitoya #so i think chuuoku must have also been in on the drbs plan 🤔 #and ramuda now that i’m thinking about it???? #like he may not know the entire picture but he seemed to know when to step in to combat the true hypnosis mic effects hmm 🤔 #lol look at me spontaneously building an observation from ground up thru tags again having food for thought is always fun lol

[puthyflapps]

Not them dying to bring Sarah back and absolutely hating their characters current plotlines 🫣🫢🤭

Carmen De La Pica Morales stans rise!

#marja Ryan Lewis and that writers room need to be cleared out #bring back Ilene chaiken and let her take a sledge hammer to this show because they’re ruining the shows legacy #was the original a little messy? Yeth but Ilene knew how to have a good time!! the show was funny and it was fun to watch and for the most #part the plot made sense AND MOST IMPORTANTLY we got to see women loving women on screen #I think MRL wanted a show where she got to write about all kinds of queer people but she couldn’t do it so she took TLW and basically piggy #backed off the name and legacy of the original show #obviously more queer stories should be told BUT TLW is supposed to be about lesbians and it’s like pulling teeth to get them to show 2 #ladies kissing like why can’t we have a sexy fun time???? #and not to sound like an old fart but showrunners and writers nowadays ig think that they have to inject politics into everything and I hate #when gen q tries to broach these topics because I’m not here to learn about theory bitch I’m here to see these gals get their puthies ate #the original definitely had moments that were a little political but it never tried to center that – they just wanted to show the lives of #lesbians the way that str8 shows depicted the lives of str8 people and I loved that #moral of the story: if they want a s4 they need to kick some people to the mf curb and get back to what made the original so fun and special #and obviously as I always say: BRING CARMEN BACK YOU COWARDS!!!! #the l word #the l word gen q #kate moennig #leisha hailey #sarah shahi #sharmen #shane x carmen #pants podcast

[ssreeder]

Hi pook 😢 ( sorry if u don’t like the nickname) but I’ve been reading your series and I am reading Into the Fire (chapter 8) and I’m just wondering why you made Sokka give in so easily when people tell him to control himself that’s not Zuko. Because I would imagine that he would be more stubborn and more focused on what he wants instead of being caring. Even though he’s a caring and kind person I feel like being in prison would make him more selfish and less understanding of other people if than makes sense 😭

Like it just aggravates me when I see Katara try to idk really baby him and control him a bit (not mentally) it just kind of annoys me. Because even though Sokka loves his Sister I feel like he shouldn’t listen to her for real.

But that’s just me because that’s my opinion coming from someone behind has anger issues/ gets angry easily 🤷‍♀️

I love love love this series btw!!!!

I added your other ask too so I could respond to both! Hiiii hellooooo I don’t mind nicknames it’s actually nice because then I can keep anons apart haha

as for your comment about sokka I gotta say you’re probably the first person to tell me sokka isn’t angry enough haha. Which is fine because everyone’s allowed to have their own opinions, but my thoughts on LIAB angry sokka is his intelligence is often battling his emotions. I think sokka is smart enough to know he isn’t supposed to be lashing out at people the way he is or clinging to Zuko so tightly to where they both can’t breathe. i also think he is desperate to be back to his “old self” without actually wanting to be his old self. I do think he is fighting his path to healing every step of the way but even with all the time spent in prison he is still SOKKA. He cares for people he loves his family and he knows from watching his parents growing up what a healthy relationship looks like - his codependency to zuko is probably not it. I doubt it will change much, but when people tell him ‘you need to chill’ Sokka is very much like I FUCKING KNOW BUT I HAVE NO CHILL!!! NONE! ZERO CHILL.

but I can’t imagine sokka wanting to hurt anyone who doesn’t deserve it. Or fighting his friends and family to isolate himself anymore than he already is. I have learned that writing a more emotionally triggering fic does stir up emotions in people and causes them to project onto the characters a bit which is fine but everyone processing trauma differently. & sokka is doing it his own way just like zuko is.

Also…. This is a fanfic and I don’t know if people wanna read sokka being a raging asshole for 50k… so some of the realism in healing gets lost to word count because unfortunately I can’t spend years and 1000k helping these boys overcome their trauma so some of it has to be rushed a little for word count / plot purposes haha.

Liiiiiiisten here pooki-anon you come yell at me anytime about liab I’ll be right here to soak up every word! Thanks for the ask I’m glad you’re enjoying the series!!

#I have tried to take my time with the healing arc #Because we spent SO MUCH TIME dismantling the boys #I wanted to give them the change to be somewhat put back together to where they can at least function #I do agree with you anon! #Sokka could be 10000x angrier he could close up and say fuck off to everyone but it’s just another hurdle to climb over #His anger has been a reoccurring theme because I do write liab sokka angry #He has a right to be angry too!! #But I don’t know if people wanna sit and read sokka going in circles with his anger anymore than he already has #I love love love a good healing arc and I’m trying to take my time with the boys but…. #*word count and plot point and me eventually wanting to work on a project that isn’t LIAB haha* #I do think sokkas a mess right now #But damn it I want him and zuko to snuggle and him and Katara to laugh and his dad and him to pal around and toph and Aang to give him shit #And momo to pull his ears and appa lick him and idk all the fun sokka stuff we miss #I can’t do that if sokka won’t be open to healing and being less angry #Which is why I’m allowing him to progress haha #Ugh now we gotta work on zuko!! -> #Zuko: “why I’m fine??” #Boy is NOT FINE but he is damn good at acting fine haha #Thanks for the ask anon #Ill #give you the tag #Pookianon #Liab #ITF #ask

[kissporsche]

I may physically be at work but spiritually I am playing every vegaspete scene on repeat in my head

#kp orig #kinnporsche #vegaspete #unless you want to share- ​looking for something?- so we’ll see each other in the next life- oh you got a tattoo?- I give up vegas- #when you suffer you’re so much more interesting- who’s a good boy- I’m not choosing I’m just not eating- hurt you so you remember- #you’re no fun- get up and laugh at me- you think it’s poison- why do you have to compete- they don’t beat us because we suck- nosy- #went out to buy it I guess- you’re in need of love- #everything I love leaves- if you’re sad it means it was important- but you like it- let it out- #do you know how sexy you are- you’re a fool- I’m a human I have feelings- let’s start all over again just you and me- #shoot me I don’t think you can and you know why- #could it be you who kills me what the hell does that mean I love you Pete #I can’t keep betraying my feelings like this- why did you follow me Pete- because I’m hungry #I’m your pet aren’t I- won’t you turn around to see me- #I don’t want to be your burden I just want to follow my heart

[balmungkriemhild]

incredibly fucked up of FGO to have a majority of its characters’ developments rely on limited event side-stories and NOT have said side-stories available in some functioning permanent Archive OF SOME SORTS

#vio.txt #this all sucks man why can’t we have what other mobile games have #this is a story-heavy game it’s not even that fun can’t you just grant us something normal #yes i understand there are the main interludes no i am not considering them functioning #ok to reblog

[nocanonhere]

No because let’s really talk about it. To date, you can’t fuck Raphael (there’s Haarlep so let’s remember that though), Shar, Mystra, Cazador, Ketheric, or Gortash (even as Durge), but you CAN fuck Mizora. And not only that, Wyll won’t even leave your party. When THAT should be a ‘game over’ instance as far as keeping him as a teammate goes. I don’t like y’all loading up the queues with your pointless narrative changes, but let’s call a spade and spade and say that some themes have not been consistent in writing for certain characters. That’s a more constructive critique than “oh i want to like this evil character but you made them too evil 😔”. Be so fucking serious.

#wyll ravengard #Wyll get behind me #bg3 Wyll #baldurs gate 3 #it really is just trail mix with some of y’all #and we all know why #but it’s really ridiculous #seeing y’all care about morals #but only in certain places #we can’t just have fun and play the game #because y’all wanna make points and shit #but then you don’t even make the point !

[apathyfairy]

you are either a girl who is miserable and sad on her birthday or a girl who loves her birthday and there is no in beetween and neither group will ever understand the other

#obviously i am part of the first group and like it just makes me sad. like with every passing year i’m just like ok. well i super have #nothing to show for this past year or my age and i just hate everyone acting like i’m worth something or worth still being alive #so when the 3 family members i have are like yaaay happy birthdayyyy i’m like ok thanks but i should have died a long time ago #like there’s just nothing to celebrate like i’m not proud of who i am or that i exist u know what i mean? like i think i cracked it i think #that’s why i hate my birthday and so i like to just be alone and do alone things and cry if i want to or usually i just drive around and #sing along to sad music in the car and just wait it out u know #like i fully just let myself be as miserable as i want like that’s my gift to myself #but this year it’s on a saturday and so my mom is like what do u wanna do let’s do something fun and every year it’s always the same bc i’m #miserable beyond belief and she’s trying to hype me and it ends up with her getting mad at me bc i’m such a miserable downer fuck up and #it’s like great i can’t wait. it’s so pathetic to complain about birthdays we all have them we all get old whatever but it’s just like #genuinely u should be able to just skip it if u arent feeling it and everyone should respect that

[chibishortdeath]

I cannot explain how often I think about this part of the Simon’s Quest story. Ough I wanna try to explain every tiny line of this in detail, but I can’t think of words rn aaa, so I’m gonna dump random disjointed thoughts in the tags for now.

I’m putting the links to the English translations of the first two games’ Japanese manuals because their stories are so much cooler than what the western releases got. The second I get everything I can or have thought about this guy together I’m doing in depth story and character analysis for some silly whip man NES games tho—

#castlevania #castlevania games #text post #simon belmont #oahsjfkwuwhflshdjdka #I can’t words rn #and I’m so frustrated about it #like I had multiple points I was gonna make but I just can’t put them down at all for no reason #I should rant about how they mention decay in this one tho— #decay is not fun and would be very horrifying to experience while alive fun fact! #Simon is not doing so great— #the American manual describes is as more of a soul effecting curse but like #slowly rotting alive is so much more horrifying #i imagine that was probably not mentioned in the American release for the same reason why they censored blood in some games tho lol #also the ominous last line in this screenshot #that’s given a little bit more sad implications when the mysterious woman tells him something about courage afterwards #the ‘please remember bitter memories in Transylvania’ at the end of the whole thing #implying that 7 year gap may have been him just avoiding fixing the curse because of the trauma of what happened there #that also implying he was initially gonna give up and die without actually doing anything about this #it’s so interesting that the few insights into Simon as a character that we get are like #he highly doubts that he’ll be as good as his ancestors #and then he gets cursed and his first response is to give up and slowly let it kill him #like WOW those are some important character details for sure #it’s so hard to talk about him without immediately being like ‘oh no poor guy’ #theory posting #kinda not like whole theory but a small piece of speculation material lol

[better-call-mau1]

Sidious: “When my new apprentice Darth Vader arrives, he will...take care of you.” 😈😤😏

Nute Gunray and the Separatists, who apparently thought that being ‘taken care of’ by a Sith Lord meant something other than being sliced up: “Wow that sounds like fun! We’ll roll out the welcome wagon!” 😄🥳🤩

#Revenge of the Sith is probably my favorite movie of all time #and I watch it religiously #but that bit has started to crack me up #Sidious says it so menacingly too #and Nute is like “oh sure sounds fun! can’t wait to meet him! does he have any allergies because Poggle was gonna make some mini-muffins?” #PACK YOUR BAGS AND GTFO #WHY WOULD YOU NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF BY A SITH LORD #THE SITH ARE TYING UP LOOSE ENDS #YOU AND YOUR BROSKIS ARE ALL LOOSE ENDS #JUST A BUNCHA LOOSE ENDS HANGING OUT TOGETHER IN THE SAME ROOM #and I know they aren’t sympathetic characters #but Palps played them and Dooku and Grievous like fiddles #“Clone intelligence has reported that General Greivous is… yeah yeah yeah you just got off a holocall with him ya Loth-snake #(wtf even is “clone intelligence”…are they spies??? they’re the most dubious guys in the galaxy! they all look alike!) #sometimes I think about those deleted scenes where Padmé meets with Separatist leaders #and basically kickstarts the Rebel Alliance #makes me think about if Nute and some of those guys had lived and joined the Alliance…lots of comedic potential #Nute: “I feel like ‘Alliance to Restore the Republic’ isn’t a very inclusive name for our cause. I don’t want to restore the Republic.” #Padmé: “Well we’re gonna have better luck piecing the Republic back together than Count Dooku aren’t we?” #Grievous: *uncontrollable cough-sobbing* #revenge of the sith #darth sidious #anakin skywalker #star wars incorrect quotes #nute gunray

[your-local-granny]

Being critical of art is all fun and games until you are the art that is being critiqued :(

#God I was feeling so good today but duuuude I’m so scared abt the opera from purely a technical standpoint #like I’m not even stressed about fucking anything up anymore it just hit me that like. I invited people to see this and it might be bad :( #due to variables outside of my control!!!! I hate not being able to fix things #I would be less stressed if my mother wasn’t seeing it but tragically I’m proud of what /i/ am achieving so I really want her to be there!! #but I know it’s going to be SUCH a fucking let down after the other shows she’s seen at my school like #the productions she saw were SO GOOD on a technical standpoint and both of the productions this year were so bad :(((( #like even conveptually I don’t even know if I’m fully convinced and I’m in the show!!! #And idk. It’s hard when you don’t have an extended family (or like much of a family at all) #so the only people coming to your show are like. Broadway technicians #the closest thing I have to an uncle is a lighting designer and a stage manager my mother knows #very fun sometimes. Other times I want to throw myself onto a pyre #Why do the stakes have to be so high why can’t they just be happy to support me :)) I shall never be the center of her world. Ah well #But also we would not be as close as we are without our shared love of theater production so. Catch-22 #And at the end of the day I’m more sad that I can’t be proud of the show #it’s not anyone’s fault it just is and I need to be okay with it #I worked really hard and it matters that I’m doing this #GOD SORRY!!! #vent #portal of rambling

[firefly-fez]

look i didn’t have “riyo chuchi says clone rights” on my star wars bingo card but i am so delighted my girl, one of my absolute favourite star wars characters, she was in like two arcs but i was OBSESSED with those two arcs, my OG blorbo, my MVB (most valuable blorbo), she is here, she is back, she is saying clone rights!

#riyo chuchi #tbb #tbb s2 #the bad batch #the bad batch spoilers #the clone conspiracy #truth and consequences #i bet ahsoka is watching on from the shadows of the pre-rebellion like yes. go bestie. i am cheering you on. #padme is watching om from force ghost heaven like youre doing amazing sweetie #ahsoka is like ‘i knew we were besties for a reason’ #do you think riyo chuchi and ahsoka went on like. rants about clone rights in their younger days bc i bet they did #anakin and obi wan would just be like #‘go along; have a fun playdate with your friend!’ #obi wan: so nice she can spend time with someone her age anakin: i know; she doesn’t get enough time to just be a kid #meanwhile; ahsoka and riyo chuchi; CLONE RIGHTS! CLONE RIGHTS! CLONE RIGHTS! #ahsoka comes back anakin’s all ‘did you have fun on your playdate?’ ahsoka’s like WHY DON’T THE CLONES HAVE REPRESENTATION IN THE SENATE #you can’t tell me ahsoka ‘i am not the one who is going to kill them’ tano #and riyo ‘they deserve the same rights as any citizen’ chuchi #didn’t bond over going on rants about clone rights

[miralparis]

ahhh 🫣

#30 today #i really will miss 29 i liked that age #all these pandemic birthdays though have just flown by like I don’t really remember my late 20s when i think about it rn #law school didn’t help with that haha but eh whatever #i miss liking my birthday not like I’m afraid to get older by any means (other than that weird feeling of no longer in my 20s) #which is mostly just hoping I didn’t waste it all away #i just need one of these jobs to pan out like I feel like I’m on autopilot lately and it’s not fun #i don’t want to do anything grand with life #but just wanna try and enjoy it more?? ugh once again why can’t we live with universal basic income #if i could afford to make coffee all day i would keep doing that tbh #katie.txt