#wttt LA

[distinguishedwitchparadise]

got bored lol

#welcome to the table #wttt #welcome to the statehouse #ben brainard #wttsh #wttt new york city #wttt nyc #wttt los angeles #wttt LA #wttt california #wttt new york #wttsh california #wttsh new york #platonic

[almost-correct-quotes]

wttt as dril tweets

just made a ton of these but i'm putting all these in one

more like this

#suggestive #dril #wttt #ben brainard #welcome to the table #wttt dc #wttt gov #wttt florida #wttt fl #florisiana #wttt la #wttt louisiana #wttt loui #wttt tx #wttt texas #wttt ca #wttt cali #wttt california #wttt as textposts

[floridasnatural]

miami doodles + L.A

inject caprisuns into your blood stream - miami

#wttt #wttsh #welcome to the table #welcome to the statehouse #wttt fanart #wttt miami #wttt los angeles #miami #los angeles #wttt LA

[zee-the-tree-cat]

At least here my pfp is different from discord lol. You should draw ours chatting while someone sits in the middle all confused. You can decide the topic that they talk/plot about ;) Roll tide

Have BOTH >:D

They're probably talking about dragging poor Loui into the Texas Cult.

Gesturing vaguely to the favorite states chart thing

#zee stuff #wttt tx #wttt la #welcome to the table #welcome to the statehouse #wttt #wttsh #ben brainard #my art #they're communicating #something something smash all the wttt universes together in one giant statehouse and watch everyone spontaneously combust

[colorpickedstates]

pan flag colorpicked from louisiana

#welcome to the table #wttt #ben brainard #wttt louisiana #wttt la

[lunearobservatory]

@hibiscuslynx YES HE HAS TATTOOS!!!!!!

here's the full ref sheet from. originally an au that's. erm. it's not dead i have reference sheets so it's clearly. alive.

i've posted the ur gay sketch before for sure 100% here it is again oops sorry

anyway, this has turned into my standard florida design :) this boy fuct up with ink!!! good for him

#DONT LOOK AT THE PANTHER OK. LOOK AT THE GATOR IN THE TOP LEFT INSTEAD. #idk where it's being put yet so i didnt. add it to the list but rest assured #he has that matching w louie :) gator bff tattoos forever #lune talks #wttt #wttsh #ben brainard #welcome to the statehouse #welcome to the table #when ppl ask me things #lune posts art #wttt florida #pr&bb au i miss u........i'm the one that killed u but i miss u #i dont always draw the septum and smiley but he does have them yeehaw #fitting his piercings in is hard esp the smiley it crowds his mouth grrgrhrhrghr #he has manic episodes and wakes up w a new piercing and is like.....sick i'm keeping it! #me too girlie me too #Dhdhfgdhfb THERE'S ALSO SOME STUFF I FULLY CANNOT POST ON THIS WEBSITE. #but if i ever get the courage. he does have a couple more piercings ://///// #i went with the year juan ponce landed in florida bc. that's when the land was named la florida by. him i guess. spanish colonizers mhmm 👍👍 #bc it was so flowery and pretty in april btw :) la florida the blooming flowers of spring awww #and since this is. the personification of la florida ig he would have been 'born' around then. in my head at least #old rotting corpse ass bitch #imagine being 500+yo and still bitchless

[theywhoshantbenamed]

WHY DO WE THINK OF MOST AG STATES LIKE!?

*ag states farming*

AND THEN THE #1 AG STATE IS JUSY

*California with a margarita on the beach*

Cause everyone forgets NorCal exists

Also stereotypes go crazy

#there’s lots of farmland all over the state but #in canon Californias personality is LA #asks for ash!! #ash answers!! #wttt #welcome to the table #ben brainard #wttt california

[alaskashigh]

i love how the wttt fandom is all going “yep, the cities are the states kids.” i see this everywhere and its great lol. (pushes my nyc/chicago, los angeles/dallas, and san fransisco/jacksonville thoughts towards you)

#i have so many ship and family thoughts right now #the ny/nj/ca family has rooted itself into my brain and spread into a bunch of other shit #its an infection 😭 #me and jamie share this infection bc we both share one braincell #i have so many tx/ok #nv/co #fl/la #nh/vt #ri/ct/de #and more family headcanons and stories in my brain #me and jamie have an entire world built up that we’ve been playing with lol #wttt #wttsh #welcome to the table #welcome to the statehouse #ben brainard

[sleepdeprivedsimp234]

Some random jacka$$: *calls Gov/DC (whichever you prefer, they’re the same person in my au)*

Gov, in the middle of a meeting: Hello?

Jacka$$: Hey we have two of your states.

Gov: Which ones?

Jacka$$: Wha- uh….theyre both lanky af….one has a red beanie and the other is wearing a Saints jersey….?

Gov: Pfft- Ohohoho buddy….You’ve got Louisiana and New York? Ha. Well I’m just gonna say that one has the temper of an angry kitten and has definitely been part of a mafia, and the other is a sweetheart that you don’t want to get on the bad side of. Especially considering he is a hood-kid with magic. Never mind- point is, you aren’t the one that has them. Tell them I said that I’ll rid of the body and to be back before midnight.

Jacka$$: W-what- ok I guess….*insert high pitched screeching* OH GOD IT’S GOT ME HEL-*phone call ends*

Gov: Pfft- moron.

California: Who was that?

Gov: Oh nobody, just a deadman.

California: Oh ok….Wait WHAT-

#welcome to the table #welcome to the statehouse #ben brainard #wttt louisiana #wttt new york #wttt gov #wttt california #wttt #LA + NY = deadly duo

[misery-has-no-company-now]

Hola :3

Ya got any angsty Gov hc’s 👁️👁️ If so may we pls have some 🫴🫴🫴

**you don’t have to**

Hola! Do I ever not have angsty Gov hcs-

(Implied/referenced physical abuse, PA and VA are not nice in this, mild references to trauma and a strong dosage of insecurities)

He's ambidextrous because he was forced to be. He was originally left handed, but thanks to the way things were back when he came into existence, he wasn't allowed to use his left hand. Virginia would tie his left hand to the table or chair so that he wouldn't try to write with it. Gov learned quickly to stop that, though his handwriting was really shaky with his right. When Gov tried to eat with his left hand during one dinner, an already angry Penn took out his anger on him and broke his hand to get him to stop. Even now that the idea has eased out of existence, Gov is scared of doing anything with his left hand in front of Penn or Virginia.

Also, though his handwriting with his right used to be shakier earlier, that has changed and the trauma of being forced to not use his left means that his hand starts shaking terribly whenever he even holds a pen in that hand. He can type just fine with both hands on a computer though, since that he mostly learned himself with a bit of help from Mass, who wasn't really so damn stupid as to stop him from using his left hand. Now, the only hint that he's not naturally right-handed is that he struggles to write his 's', 'z' and 'e' s (since these are tough for because of the angle they're written in, or at least that's the case as far as I know)

He doesn't think he's worthy of anything unless he works. He thinks food is a treat given to those who work very hard so that they can continue to do the same and that sleep is a reward he is undeserving of because it is only for those who don't have as many responsibilities as he does [guess who told him these two things]. He thinks that he can only take a break if it is justified - which means when he has overworked himself to the point of falling sick. He never rests because it stresses him out more to try and relax than to just continue working, since he always feels like he has too much pending incomplete work to not stop doing it - he doesn't actually, those lazy people at the White House just keep pawning off their work to him and he doesn't even realise it. He goes days with only coffee and water since he feels that's all he should get since those are intended to help him work better anyway.

Also - his entire existence has been connected to a use, to a purpose for which he was created. As a result, he feels worthless and useless if he thinks he isn't fulfilling his purpose - which is to work for the people. He's also really scared all the time that if he doesn't reach the high expectations everyone else places on him all the time, he's going to get replaced and thrown away. He's really insecure about this so he keeps on trying to prove himself by striving to do better and better, and falling into a pit whenever he thinks he failed (which is a lot).

He has trauma from all the wars he's been in but doesn't realise it. Nor does anyone help him either. Neither does he ask for it, because he was never taught that it was okay to ask for help. Rather, he was told the very opposite. He gets scared and flinches at sudden loud sounds, and wakes up from nightmares in a cold sweat, but thinks those are completely normal stuff.

When you're born in a fire, you think the whole world is warm. But when you're born alone, you find the fire cold. (I make little to no sense here just ignore this) Gov was born in the middle of a war, and he was left alone to his own devices for most of the time; so fighting is all he knows how to do properly, and loneliness is his closest companion. He doesn't have any friends either; with everyone either seeing him as the people of the government who keep making terrible decisions (and so blaming him for it) or just as someone to use for their own benefits (something which has worsened his trust issues a lot too). But he doesn't think he needs any either, since that's not required for his work, and he's been taught by a less than good at being a parent Penn and Virginia that he shouldn't do anything other than carry out the role he was intended for.

He's also not used to getting anything without working for it. Florida got him a gift once and had meant it as a joke but Gov got so emotional over it and kept asking Flo why he'd gotten him something since he couldn't remember what he'd done to deserve it that Florida started feeling guilty (a rare moment) and just took him to Loui's home for some good food since that's the only way he knew how to comfort him. [He gave Gov a break for exactly 2.4 days]

Speaking of emotions, Gov doesn't know anything about then. He was never allowed to feel, or express his feelings either, and so he never learned anything but anger (directed at him from others) and fear (of others). All the emotions he has learned about over time, he hides behind a mask and a trained diplomatic voice. No one, not even the people who should be able to, can tell when something is wrong with Gov - especially since they all think that he's just always stressed, and any time he shows some other emotion is just a variant of this stress. (NY, NJ, Mass, and Utah eventually realise something is wrong, but that's a long and far way ahead in the future.)

Speaking of stress, that's all Gov knows truly. Stress, coffee, work, and headaches - the four constants of Gov's life, with the added touch of being yelled at by someone for something he isn't to blame for ever so occasionally enough to be daily. That and pain. It's all he's familiar with.

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I've got many more, but I think this is enough for now so I'll stop here. Let me know if you'd like more though, I'm always willing to answer even if I don't do so until quite a while after you send the ask (but I love receiving them so feel free to send more asks). Btw I think this is the first time in a long while that you've asked me for headcannons without there being an ongoing conversation about these blorbos of us already, so that's there😂 /j. Sorry for the rather long wait to get this answer, but I hope you like it!

#referenced physical abuse #I made Gov sad again #welcome to the table #wttt #wttt florida #wttt gov #wttt pennsylvania #wttt virginia #but only mentioned #mostly #also in mentions - NJ & NY & LA & MA & UT #thanks for your ask!

[atomicwinnerdreamland]

I saw @a-wraith-in-the-mountains 's post on Kentucky being super happy about his Daddy Andy being re-elected as governor, and it reminded me of this part of "Table Linguistics: Kentucky":

Kentucky: Burgoo is like a stew but with everything in it except the kitchen sink.

Florida: I feel like you coulda come up with a better name than burgoo.

Kentucky: Like what?

Florida: Chunky Chicken Hodgepodge 😄

Gov: That's 100% worse.

Florida: No, but like a restaurant that specializes in it could be called a hodgepodge lodge!

Kentucky: That ideal's about as ugly as homemade sin.. bless your heart.

Florida was onto something with his hodgepodge lodge thing, can't believe Kentucky didn't approve of it 😞

Speaking of Kentucky, he's got some attitude and I love it! He could've just said "No thanks" but bro went in with a simile and a "Bless your heart." I guess he didn't like his burgoo name being insulted (understandable)

and Gov here's just being... Gov :D

#wttt #welcome to the table #ben brainard #wttsh #welcome to the statehouse #wttt kentucky #wttt florida #wttt gov #these 3 along with LA and NY (they appeared in the video) definitely ate a burgoo afterwards

[fullyamess]

Texas’s “pre-approved” division

vs

Oregon counties voting to join Idaho

vs

California’s 200+ attempts (big or small) to split into smaller states

vs

Vermont, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Maine actually splitting off their original state

fight!

Texas coming into the union with the idea already in his head that he might split up and what does that mean for him? Eventually the push for it goes away and he lets himself acknowledge that he was maybe scared of what it would mean. And he starts thinking instead about leaving the US entirely. And then Austin shows up and Texas forces him down. Refuses to go back to that place of fear and ignores how part of him feels right when Austin’s around.

Oregon has always been steady. Solid. Until he wasn’t. Until he thought maybe leave the US entirely and the State of Jefferson started rumbling and his people looked to Idaho as an option and he put a good spin on it all. He smiled and said that it wasn’t a big deal, that it was such a small percent of his people and he wanted them to be happy and anyway he was still Oregon it was more like they were moving to Idaho not that he was losing anything. Except that he can feel what would go with his people and it still feels like pieces of himself.

California has always torn at the pieces of himself. Picked at the parts of him that didn’t fit and told himself it would be better. That he was too big, too much, and people would be happier if he could be just a little smaller, a little easier to handle, or not a state at all. He remembers when he was even bigger; a territory that extended far beyond his borders. But it’s vague impressions and not quite real memories and maybe not even really his own. The tearing and scratching and yearning to divide and needing to be whole and hating all the pieces of himself and still somehow loving every last inch? That’s real.

Virginia looks at Kentucky and remembers what it felt like; being whole and then having something vital ripped away. Looks at West Virginia and can't believe he survived it twice. Massachusetts wakes up some mornings and presses at the places where Maine used to be like a lost tooth that never grew back. Vermont was New Hampshire's. But then he was also New York's. And then he was neither of theirs so why does New Hampshire look at him and still see exactly how they used to fit together?

#wttt #welcome to the table #wttt texas #wttt oregon #wttt california #wttt virginia #wttt west virginia #wttt kentucky #wttt massachusetts #wttt maine #wttt new hampshire #wttt vermont #wttt new york #yes yes Oregon and Idaho married is very cute #but I ain’t here for that I’m here for ANGST #also the states that used to be part of another state being like “REMEMBER THAT DREAM YOU ALWAYS USED TO HAVE ABOUT THAT STATE?” #and the state they used to be a part of just going “SHUT UP. SHUT UP. SHUT UP.” #because i am also here for humor #and West Virginia and Kentucky gossiping over the spicy dreams Virginia used to have about Mass during the revolution #while Virginia “la la la”s in the background #is peak humor

[almost-correct-quotes]

who wore it best: formal edition

#i love making these #my answer: loui's stupid gaudy suit is perfect and i love it #wttt #welcome to the table #wttt gov #wttt dc #wttt ok #wttt oklahoma #wttt fl #wttt florida #wttt la #wttt louisiana #ben brainard #wttt outfit showcase #that's my tag for these in case i make more of them

[floridasnatural]

los angeles

#wttt #wttsh #welcome to the table #welcome to the statehouse #wttt california #wttt fanart #wttt LA #wttt los angeles

[firsttraintovictoriaville]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Welcome To The Table - Ben Brainard (Web Series) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: District of Columbia/Puerto Rico (Welcome To The Table) Characters: Puerto Rico (Welcome To The Table), District of Columbia (Welcome To The Table) Additional Tags: Pet Play, kitten play, Established Relationship, Facials, handjobs, Blow Jobs, Daddy Kink, but again it's really a, papi kink, Rope Bondage, but it's more referenced and played with than full on rope bondage, non verbal pet play, as in meowing instead of speaking, cum being referred to as milk, slight glasses kink Series: Part 4 of wttt pet play trio

                                         ++++++

this fic was forever in the making omg, still I hope you all like it 🫶🫶

#it's also a 7.4 out of 10 in my eyes but c'est la vie #my fanfic #welcome to the table #wttt #dc x puerto rico

[bthebeachboi]

some hc about SF & LA

since my last post wasn't very, uh, wttt-ly.

So, yeah, how I picture them (n how beach Cal changed few things)

So, Los Angeles is a hard worker. He's always on time, he's always overworked, he's always in his best clothes. He won't let fame leave him behind, so he is always aware of trends.

He has that fake polite smile on his face, but his eyes always show what he actually thinks about you.

LA, just like his "brother" SF, has a problem with most southern states, and believe me when I say that he's ready to throw hands if needed.

His favourite city is Austin, which is usually something that SF laughs at him for. Favourite state at the moment is Nevada, though he enjoys New York because of fashion. Speaks spanish while highly stressed.

LA hides his emotions, he drowns in them until there's no more air in his lungs. He watches people around him move on or die and mourns roughly every loss trough his years and years of exsistence. When he finally breaks into little pieces, he usually ends up with California, always making sure that the older one shut off B!Cal before begging him to pick up the pieces.

"How... How do you move on from that, from their deaths. I mean, you loved one, Cal..!"

"You don't. You'll always remember those who left, you'll always see them in the little things like when you hear their favourite song on the radio or when you see something they'd laugh at."

"Then how? I can't loose anyone else, I just can't-!"

"I'm sorry Angel, but you will loose more. Always"

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Different from him though, ma boi San Francisco is a lazy fuck. He is just amusing naturally, his "vibe" catches people's eyes with ease and he's a good but rough flirt. He's not pushy, more like a "straight to the point" guy, even if he'll use some nice words to not embarrass anyone.

He's very alike B!Cal, or that's at least what he believes, but he's also very alike young(er) California, who was a menace. Feral guy holding only one thing close to heart - gold. He is cheap, cold and fidgety around states and Gov because of his past. His least favourite state being Texas and New York in a tie.

Which is funny, 'cause his favourite cities are Las Vegas and New York City. He and NYC hang out a lot only because he likes to remind the guy that he isn't "a big ol' bad boy" even if he says that just to have an excuse.

He likes to drink with LV until they both are so open and bare, that every "scar" he has from his past (sacr as an emotional one) is raw and red, like it just closed yesterday. He watches his friend cry into his colorful little cocktail, while wondering if he could ever get back his first few years. If he will ever be able to look Congress in his eyes and say everything he wants to say.

He fights with ease, never stressed before a fight.

TW. MURDER BELOW

Killed a guy with a pickaxe once, broke through his skull after he annoyed him too much, they never found the body. He says that he fed an ocean beast with it. (That's probably how he met B!Cal in his n Cal's cryptid form)

#idk what is this just me bsing #wttt headcanon #headcanons #in my defense #i just rlly wanted to talk about ma boi SF n my baby LA #bthebeachboi #beach!cal #beachcalifornia #welcome to the table #wttt #welcome to the statehouse #wttsh #just rambling rat #rat rambles #tw murder #but not trough all of it :D