#nik things

[nikrei]

There are days I need to tell myself I'm doing alright My inner child and my ego got caught up in a knife fight I get nervous, and then I will get out of sight

'Cause everybody I came up with says that I'm going too slow, whoa Oh, but it's cool though And I can hear my people when I check out the show I feel real low

'Cause I need to know

- Sammy Rae and the Friends: Flesh & Bone

This actually just propaganda for this being my #1 Kon song (actually its currently the only song on my kon playlist pls share ur favorite kon songs)

#this whole thing was a practice in dynamic posing/lighting stuff so i think it turned out pretty well in that regard! #and backgrounds- oh gawd the backgrounds #anyway this is my boy #kon el #conner kent #superboy #arting with nik

[cal-kestis]

doing vibrant gif coloring does not give you license to whitewash/colorwash* POC!!!

if you need help, get a second-opinion on your gifset before posting (join a gifmaking network!) and pls reference these resources:

how to fix orange-washed characters by aubrey-plaza

the beginner's guide to channel mixer by aubrey-plaza

anti-whitewashing tutorial for pale & pastel gifs by fadenet

how to change the background of any gif by usergif (this will teach you how to change the background without affecting the person/character)

how to change the background color of a gif by eddiediaaz

good sharpening vs oversharpening by chikoriita (sharpening also affects skintones)

how to: colouring east & southeast asian celebs by blueshelp

guide to colouring yellow-tinted shots by ajusnice

poc-friendly psds masterlist by evansyhelp

my anime sharpening + coloring tips (bc whitewashing and colorwashing is rampant in anime too)

*colorwashing in gifmaking/editing terms = altering a person's skin tone to make it fit your "asethetic," often by making them look unnaturally red, yellow, pink, orange, etc.

#when u manipulate the bg of a gif but don't try to accurately represent skin tones... #it's one thing to do it 1 or 2 times unknowingly #but constantly doing it... #as a poc it just tells me you don't care #nik natter

[lilisouless]

Leigh has this thing of pairing people with similar struggles

Inej-Kaz: PTSD that caused them issues with touching other people

Nina-Matthias: Being raised in a militarized emviroment

Jesper-Wylan: Learning disabilities combined with daddy issues

Zoya-Nikolai: Being too pretty (and there is the hidden vulnerability too but whatever)

Alina-Mal: Self steem and belonging issues

Marie-Sergei: the struggle of being the worst characters on the grishaverse and having the fandom deny it just because they are both death

#oh come on! did marie did anything else than dying and being unlikeable on the first book? #not show! marie #she deserved better #and sergei did the nik thing after being equality unsuferable and died #the reason he didn't make it into the show is because no actor deserved such a punishment to play sergei #netflix shadow and bone #six of crows #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #nina zenik #jesper fahey #wylan van eck #matthias helvar #zoya nazyalensky #alina starkov #malyen oretsev

[cod-dump]

~Watching the Congressional bitch fest hearing between Graves and Shepherd~

Price: Well that was an interesting choice for Graves.

Nik: Very. A bit on the nose to dress in red, white, and blue.

Price: ... I mean the LYING, Nik.

Nik: Oh. Yes, but we both knew he'd do it. He still looks better in black.

Price: Jesus fucking Christ, Nik--

#submission #modern warfare iii spoilers #cod mwiii spoilers #mwiii spoilers #nik focused on the important things #call of duty #modern warfare #cod mwiii #cod nikolai #john price #phillip graves #incorrect quotes #pricegravesnik #nikpricegraves

[danesdehaan]

stomarol + iphones (insp) (template)

#steve harrington #tommy hagan #carol perkins #stranger things #steveharringtonedit #strangerthingsedit #stedit #usersen #usermaguire #userallisyn #userkam #usernik #userridge #usernaia #dailystrangerthings #tvstrangerthings #* #*gifs #*stgifs #nik this template is so good ty for sharing <3

[bytedykes]

[ID: Colorful ORV sketches, drawn with a semi-opaque marker brush so the colors layer. The first drawing is Han Sooyoung smiling, cheekily holding one of her hands on her cheek. The second is a 3/4 sketch of Yoo Joonghyuk with a neutral expression. Both drawings use only red, yellow, and blue. /end ID]

i love women 🥰

#ok this is the last thing im posting tn <3 #orv #omniscient reader's viewpoint #han sooyoung #yoo joonghyuk #kind of obsessed with sooyoung here shes soooo #nik art #misc #eyestrain

[cpshit]

We love some emotionally intelligent Akielon nobles.

Laurent is…getting there.

#laurent #captive prince #nikandros #damen #laurent and nikandros #things laurent does to annoy nik #auguste #sort of

[apt502-if]

the demo should be coming either the end of this month or early September! [praying my job doesn't kill me...][I hate you New York...]

#just kidding #love new york #but hate the obligation to work your ass off to pay rent here #just NYC things~ #demo update #nik speaks

[isthatafuckinggayangel]

I wanted to continue this thing that I wrote for @cod-dump (hope you don’t mind me tagging you lmao), just kinda expanding upon the concept of Nik being Soap’s father and getting into more of the meat in the idea, so here

~~~

Explaining to Ghost and Gaz everything that had gone on between Nik and Soap, their relationship and all, was exhausting. The number of questions they had took forever to get through and made Soap think a little too hard about what why his mother had caused this.

At the same time though, it made him realize he needed to call her to get all the information straightened out here. He needed to know why she did it. Why she separated him from his father.

So, a few days after he had gotten everything sorted with Nik and the team was on the same page with everything, he made the call. He had both Ghost and Nik sit in on the call with him, he couldn’t get himself to do it without some support and he needed to have Nik there to make sure any lies didn’t slip passed him. The trio were sat around the dining table in the common room, Nik and Ghost on either side of Soap. He pressed the call button and made sure it was on speaker, holding it in his left hand still.

“Tha e math cluinntinn bhuat a-rithist, John. It’s been too long since ye called!” She answered the phone with.

“Sorry ‘bout that. It’s been quite busy out here, so I haven’t had the chance.” Soap rested his forehead in his palm and Ghost ran his hand along his upper back in a soothing motion.

“Is there somethin’ goin’ on, a chuilein? Ye sound a bit upset.”

“Yeah, um, I’ve been thinking a lot and had a few questions fer you, if that’s alright?”

“Of course, it is! Ask away.”

He took a deep breath then went for it. “Why did you tell me my da abandoned me?”

There was silence on the other end. The seconds stretched for what felt like forever.

“Well, that’s because he did. He made it very clear to me that he didn’t want to speak to any of us, and as much as it pained me, I knew we had to respect his wishes.”

Soap saw Nik’s fist clench out of the corner of his eye and looked up, seeing an expression of barely concealed rage. Soap set his phone on the table, reaching over and grabbing his father’s hand to try to help calm him.

“Ma, do you remember what he does for work?”

“…What do you mean, John?”

“I need you to be honest with me. Why did you lie?”

He was met with more silence.

“I dinnae lie, John.”

“Ma. I’m givin’ ya one more chance to be honest. I need you to take it.”

“I don’t understand, I’ve been honest-“

He let out a sigh before laying it all out. “I met him again, Ma. Ye seem tae have forgotten what he does fer work. We work together now. I read his journal, ma. I know what you told ‘im. I know you lied to both of us. So why? I just wanna know why you did it.”

“It’s a very complicated situation-“

“Bullshit. I know a complicated situation when I see one, and this is not one.”

“John-“

“Не лги нашему сыну, Elspet.” Nik growled. He’d clearly had enough of her avoiding the question she’d been asked.

“Nikolai, I-“

“You will answer the question the boy asked. You will not disrespect him or diminish his intelligence by acting as though you do not understand what he is talking about.”

They were once again met with silence. Ghost moved closer to Johnny, wrapping his arm around his shoulders and holding him against his side.

“I was tired. Your father’s job took a toll on me, on our family, and I couldn’t handle it anymore. The entire time you were away from me, every summer, I was so scared his job would follow him home and I wouldn’t know because you were so far away. I needed to have you close to make sure you were okay. That you were safe. I couldn’t think of anything else to be able to do it.” She paused. “Look at where that’s gotten us now. You enlisted for the same damn job and now ye work together. Guess it couldn’t truly be avoided.”

Soap was seething. While he understood being afraid for your child’s safety, he couldn’t get passed the manipulation. The lies. The fact that she didn’t just explain that that was the problem. He could have kept up with phone calls, letters, something so he wouldn’t lose his father. And yet, this was the decision she had made.

Nik squeezed his hand and Ghost hugged him a bit tighter.

“John?”

A deep breath. “Thank you for your honesty. I’m gonna need some time to process all that. I’ll call you again soon, yeah?”

“Yeah. I love you, John.”

“Love ye too, ma.” He hung up the phone and rested his head against the table. “Christ, that sucked.”

“Are you alright, love?” Ghost asked.

“I’ll be alright eventually. Just gonna need some time.” He picked his head back up and looked over at Nik. “You alright? Cannae exactly be easy for you to hear either.”

He gave a light nod. “I’ll be okay eventually, малыш. It will take time, as you said, but it will be fine.” He squeezed Soap’s hand again and Soap did the same back. “У нас все будет хорошо.”

~~~

Translations

Tha e math cluinntinn bhuat a-rithist, Johnny. -> It’s lovely to hear from you again, Johnny.

A chuilein -> my lad

Не лги нашему сыну -> Don’t lie to our son

Малыш -> little one

У нас все будет хорошо -> We will be okay

Apologies for any incorrect translations, the Gaelic is done with google translate and the Russian is a different translation app, so chances are there’s something wrong with it. Let me know if you have any corrections on it!

#the initial direction I was going with the argument and reasoning for the lie felt a bit too much like I was villainizing her #and I very much didn’t want that #I think I landed at a decent point with this take #idk I didn’t want anyone to feel like an actual villain or be too bad because I don’t think it would feel quite as real #but also none of this is realistic at all lmao #idk if I’ll continue this further but I’m enjoying what I’m quickly throwing out there #anyway #cod mwii #cod mwii fanfic #soap mactavish #cod nikolai #nikolai cod #simon ghost riley #ghost x soap #but like as a background thing #Nik is Soap’s dad #once again wrote this in like an hour lmao #also sorry to every Scottish person ever for that accent writing LMAO #I’m sure it’s actually terrible

[meralasan]

I feel weird posting this early on patreon and only teasing it here and on twitter but... guys. I have exactly 2 (two) patrons and I'd probably jump off of a bridge if they told me to, okay? THEY ARE PAYING ME FOR MY ART WHAT THE FU-

the full version is inappropriate for tumblr anyways so you'll find the whole thing on patreon or on my twitter as always

#mycrappyart #cod mw2 #mw2 #cod fanart #mw2 fanart #john price #kyle gaz garrick #gazprice #nikprice #gaznikprice #ft trans!nik #my beloved #early access on patreon #there's 7 pictures in total #also another important thing #it's a collab with one of my partners #he's amazing okay check out his stuff on twitter #nsfceleste #I'll add the link to his thread once he posts it

[noodleblade]

;___; rewatching Prime and the little scene of Knock Out calling Breakdown for backup except when he calls he sets up a joke so Breakdown can just make a horrible pun ;__; and they laugh and I-

I-

I have too much love in my heart for them

#kobd #knock out #breakdown #tfp #transformers #it’s just the little details in prime for them ;__; #niks prime rewatch #in case I get emotional and have more things to say I guess

[nikrei]

For day two, Bart just won the Young Justice chess* tournament!! Traya came in second and Slobo came in third. Full tournament lineup and chess* headcanons under the cut

Welcome to my yj chess headcanons:

1) what YJ calls chess is actually 5 dimensional chess with multiverse time travel. They just call it chess. They have sort of forgot the regular version exists. (I am, however, a fake 5d chess fan: it languishes in my steam library, intimidating, unplayed)

2) tim discovered it and got them all into it. They like it varying amounts:

Bart: undisputed reigning champion of 5 dimensional chess with multiverse time travel. Loves this game.

Cassie: has the basics down and does fine vs other folks or the game ai. Hates the game. Must be tricked into being competitive about it to make her join in.

Tim: was excited about the game and got v into it v intensely as he does. Burnt himself out on it a bit. He's pretty good but doesn't know if he loves or hates the game. Will get hypercompetitive about it tho.

Kon: good at it pretty naturally because he's used to thinking in multiple dimensions (been flying since day 1) but he can psych himself out second guessing his moves. Likes playing the game, can get competitive.

Greta: good at the game because she has so. much. free time. Can get tunnel focused on it and doesn't mind losing as much as the others, so can play against bart for hours and hours. Always up for a game, enjoys it.

Cissie: good at it pretty naturally, but doesn't have strong feelings about it. Plays mostly with Traya because Cassie really doesn't want to.

Traya: v good at it, and really likes it. Plays with Cissie at school and also Red Tornado a lot. Prolly can beat Bart maybe 1 in 5 times?

Anita: wasn't sure about it but got hypercompetitive about it and is now pretty good. Likes it now that she's good at it.

Slobo: also v good at it! Its similar to some space games prolly, and like kon he's v used to thinking in multiple dimensions. Doesn't get as competitive as some of the others which really gets them steamy when he beats them.

Ray: Newbie player who got thrown in the deep end. One day YJ was like, let's have a chess tournament! And Ray was like, oh okay thats a wierd thing to do out of the blue but I can roll with that I know chess. He did not know chess. Still learning but getting the hang of it. Now has a fear response to it tho.

3) they play online w each other all the time but every now and then have tournaments when they are all hanging out. They used to just do a winner plays next round sort of thing but it always just ended up w everyone losing to bart all the time. Tournament winners get favors and tournament losers have to do dares.

4) bart plays with his civilian friends too!! They are varying levels of into it but I think Carol likes it a lot.

5) one time Ra's al Ghul challenged tim to a game of chess and when he got sat down at a regular chess board he was just like.......whet is this.... and completely blanked on the rules to regular chess

#I've been thinking about the chess thing for a while can u tell #anyway i was like in not gonna do three people again this week- and the next day i do three people again #playing with the watercolor brush this time #traya sutton #bart allen #slobo #bartallenweek #arting with nik

[jgvfhl]

Hello my friends, who wants some nikprice soulmate au???? @cod-dump @totally-not-fandom I know you do! @latinowolverine would you like some as well, since you were the eagle-eyed reader who caught the mention of Price's mark in the first story?

Words: ~7700

Warnings: Tooth-rotting fluff, romance

Summary: "It took over twenty-five years for John to realize what his soulmark even meant. No one was really to blame for it. Not many people in northwest England in the mid-90s would have had a reason to recognize the pointed, swooping lettering as a name of any kind, since it wasn’t in Latin characters."

This is a companion/prequel piece to the first work in this series, Written on Your Heart, so that'a linked on Ao3 👍 have fun!

#the title is a pun bc price can't read letters #anyway #i write things sometimes #cod fanfic #cod mw fanfiction #nikprice #cod nikolai #john price #prikolai #nik x price #call of duty fanfic #modern warfare fanfiction

[thebramblewood]

Introducing... The Reapers: Isaiah Swain (vox/guitar), Myra "Rabbit" Rutherford (keys/vox), Nik Tham-Boon (drums), Ange Northwood (bass), and Ulrike Faust (guitar), with Helena Zhao as the ultimate groupie and some guy mutilating the sound.

Bonus and transcript under the cut!

@sims4thehoes I used one of your bases as the sound guy! 😘

Previous / Next

Isaiah: [taps] "Is this thing even on?"

screeeeeeeeech

Ulrike: "How hard can it be to adjust the fucking levels?!?"

Rabbit: "I will come over there and rip those controls from your COLD DEAD HANDS!"

Ange: [glowers silently]

Nik: [crash!BANG!smash!CLANG!]

Some Guy: "Uh... yeah. So what were you guys asking for again?"

Helena: "Let me in that booth, you imbecile! I don't have a clue about sound engineering, and I bet I could still do it better than you!"

Ulrike: "That's my girl."

#ts4 #sims 4 #sims 4 story #ts4 story #sims 4 edit #simblr #story: hzid #i gave ulrike a guitar & my mind went into overdrive #i started thinking about this a while ago so i'm happy to finally bring it to life!! #btw if it seems like ulrike has overtaken this part of the story #yes i have become intensely obsessed with her #and yes i have kind of run out of things for helena to do #but it also serves a purpose that will be explored soon #i love a loose plot i love side stories i love following my muse wherever it takes me #ulrike faust #isaiah swain #nik tham-boon #ange northwood #rabbit rutherford #helena zhao

[natelia-aldelliz]

"Ah, Nik, wait!"

Nikolai turns back around at the sound of the Captain's voice.

"You're going to make me miss my flight," he pretends to complain, not able to keep himself from smiling.

Price rolls his eyes. "You're the one flying your flight back home."

Nik chuckles. John looks annoyed, but clearly it's not directed at him if him relaxing in his presence is to be believed.

"Anyway, I won't keep you long, I just need you to teach me how to say something in Russian."

There's a terrible idea rising in Nik's mind. He tries to ignore it at first.

"There's this guy, he's a fucking asshole and I'd like to tell him to go fuck himself in his native language."

He nods distractedly at Price. But it would be the perfect moment... He leaves right after that, after all... And John wouldn't understand right away, he'd have time to go hide somewhere.

"Right," he clears his throat and smiles at Price. "I can do that, sure. Repeat after me, try to remember the words : я -"

Price squints his eyes in concentration. He looks so fucking cute that Nik could die.

"Ya -"

"влюбилась"

"Woah, okay, vl...vlyoubeelas?"

Nik's smile is growing. "Good," he says, voice lower. Swears that John's cheeks are redder than they were before. Interesting. "в"

Price frowns. "Just 'vv' ?"

"Да. And finally, тебя."

"Tyebya."

Nik's heart is starting to beat a bit faster, apparently just now realising what he was doing. There's no going back now.

"Now the whole thing : я влюбилась в тебя"

John's brow furrows more in deep focus. "Ya vlyoubeelas vtyebya."

Damn, that makes Nik's cheeks warmer and his smile wider. He knows that Price doesn't mean it, doesn't even know what it means, but if that's all he's going to get, he's going to cherish it inside his heart.

He isn't sure John will want anything to do with him when he'll look it up, after all, he hasn't survived this long by having too high hopes. His smile softens and he nods at his friend.

"Not bad. Remember the words."

Price huffs. "Of course I'll remember the words. Now go, wouldn't want you to miss your own chopper back home."

Nik laughs and shakes his head as he turns around and walks to his helicopter. He stops before climbing in, turns his head back towards the Captain.

"Oh, and John, don't actually tell him that, he has no right to hear it."

He knows Price well enough to know that he's sighing right now, but he's too far to hear it.

"What did you even teach me?" He asks in a jokingly tired voice.

Nik grins back at him. "You'll have to look it up, зайчик."

#cod mw #captain john price #cod nikolai #nikprice #prikolai #nikolai just has the kindest eyes ever they look like a baby cow's eyes #and he has a very nice smile #i love him #anyway #i'll go back to ghostsoap content in a bit i swear lmao i also have a ghostsoaproach thingy in the works because bug boy needs love #also i've checked on ao3 and the number of nikprice fics is horrifyingly low that's a crime #and yeah i gave price a praising kink it wasn't on purpose but i think he deserves it #i think he'd be a mess if nik held him and praised him for all he's done and he couldn't escape the kind words and just had to soak them in #cause i don't think anyone except his gay bestie laswell regularly tells him he does a good job #like gaz and soap and even ghost are all looking up at him with stars in their eyes and they definitely think he does a good job #but they don't directly tell him even if he does know they think that #& tbh if nik looked at me with his kind eyes and told me kind things i'd cry imagine if he does that to someone he loves and who loves him #qsjfqiohgqksjfqo #if you want to know who in these games i think has a praise kink i can tell you #alex for sure i'm convinced he was flustered during all his missions in mw 2019 (also has a calling people sir/ma'am in the bedroom kink) #price apparently but only if it's by someone he considers an equal in rank and experience #bc then he'd know the person knows what they're talking about and isn't just talking nonsense #soap but he needs to be made to feel like he deserves it or he just cries because he has *issues* #ghost sometimes when everything gets too loud; but he generally prefers to give praise than receive it bc it can feel too raw #i think rudy has a giving praise kink tho like alejandro is pretty normal about praise but rudy loves drowning him in it until he's soo red

[aces-and-angels]

then:

now:

#ladies never let a man tell you what you cant do #lmaooo #playchoices #choices #nik ryder #nightbound #putting the whole thing together bc im proud of mc