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SURIMONO  摺物  by Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849).

Les surimono sont de luxueuses estampes japonaises, jouant le rôle de cartes de vœux, et imprimées à titre privé.

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Starfire by Max Elmberg Sjöholm

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[ID: A digital drawing of Zuko and Katara from Avatar the Last Airbender. In the first image, Zuko and Katara stand back to back in an open field of grass during the day time under clear skies, they’re both posed in water-bending stances. In the second image, the first panel, Zuko looks over his shoulder at Katara as he wears a smirk on his face. In the second panel, similarly Katara is looking over her shoulder, returning Zuko’s smirk with a knowing smile.] ty jeb for helping me with the image description!!

Several minutes later there comes a moment when her and Zuko are in sync—it’s fleeting but Katara catches it with a trained eye and her heart skips a beat. She doesn’t know why but something about it makes her nervous, and seconds later she realizes it’s because of how well they work together. She’s so used to being alone and doing everything herself—being the only waterbender in her tribe, being the only cook, cleaner and caretaker for everyone—that sharing a moment with anyone scares her. 

Yet as Zuko slowly but surely begins to match her movements, the thought of sharing moments of peace with someone who accepts her for who she is doesn’t scare her as much anymore.

to read more check out On the Sea by @firelord-jerkbender on AO3

Also, @imreallyfuckingtiredrn did a fanart for this fic please go see her work!!  

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it will never not be bizarre to me that kat.aangers use the fortuneteller episode as foreshadowing for ka when literally every possible interpretation of this episode is anti kat.aang.

if aunt wu's prophecies are unquestionably true, then kat.aang is DOA right off the bat because she explicitly says she doesn't see romance in aang's future. yet kat.aangers love to uphold the “powerful bender” prophecy as foreshadowing for kat.aang so… which is it? are aunt wu’s prophecies only eternally binding for katara but conveniently untrue when it comes to aang? because if katara marrying a powerful bender is unchangeable, then so is aang not being able to find love, so that’s strike no. 1 for ka foreshadowing.

now on the other hand, if we take aunt wu's prophecies as false, then our boy aang is free to do all the lovin’ he wants… but following the same logic, so is katara. and since her prophecy is the catalyst for her seeing him as a potential romantic partner at all, that’s strike no. 2 for foreshadowing.

finally, we come to the last interpretation and the episode's actual message: that destiny is real, but not immutable. throughout the episode, it’s clear that aunt wu's prophecies do come true, though not in the way that their subject(s) might expect. the future isn’t created through passive acceptance, but active agency. everyone has the power to shape their own destiny, and make their own choices.

this is the complete opposite of katara beginning to view aang in a romantic light solely because sokka makes an entirely on-the-nose comment about him being a powerful bender. because had katara not heard her prophecy, that would have meant nothing to her! how is this meant to be the spark that fuels the kat.aang relationship when it's entirely based on katara holding herself to a prophesized future instead of writing her own story, and hence antithetical to the fundamental theme of the episode?

which is also why so many people interpret this episode to be lampshading zutara, because the only way that all of these contradictory interpretations — aang isn’t meant to find love, katara is meant to marry a powerful bender, but both of them still have the power to shape their own paths — make sense is if the final scene was an intentional red herring… but that’s a discussion for another time.

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everything, everywhere, all at once

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dungeon meshi but they end up in the back rooms, a cursed idea that was eating away at my brain

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The beauty of the monastery kelp forest

We get by with the help of our fronds! Sea-riously! A new study by Monterey Bay Aquarium scientists found that denser kelp forests can better handle serious stressors like sweltering seawaters!

The study looked at kelp forests before, during, and after an extreme marine heatwave that hit west coast waters from 2014-2016. It found that denser and more sheltered forests, and the animals living in these forests, fared better against the extreme heat. These persistent forests were also able to keep hungry sea urchins from roaming around the reef and gobbling up the remaining kelp.

Another Aquarium study showed a certain species supports strong kelp forests by snacking on  sea urchins — you guessed it — sea otters!

You can dive deeper into this research here!

Healthy kelp forests not only provide homes for a wide range of marine life — they also absorb carbon dioxide — naturally pushing back against climate change (hurray photosynthesis!). 

Globally, kelp has been declining for a half-century and warming ocean temperatures present a serious threat to cold-water species like kelp. 

Studies like these help us understand what makes kelp forests strong, and how we can implement restoration efforts in areas with less kelp coverage.

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Keith: *taking off his hood to hear Allura better* I said I didn't want a lecture.

*stays to listen to her anyway*

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everything, everywhere, all at once

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closure.

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Life and death

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People often say to me: “You draw like some kind of inhuman machine.  If I eat your brain, will I gain your power?”  The answer is yes, but there is another way. The key to precise drawing is building up muscle memory so that your arm/hand/fingers do the things you want them to do when you want them to do them.  Teaching yourself to draw a straight line or to make sweet curves is just a matter of practice and there are some exercises you can do to help improve. If you’re going to be doodling in class or during meetings anyway, why not put that time to good use?

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Tiger cub. Illustration by Yevgeny Charushin (1956).

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Life and death

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My Journey to You 云之羽 (2023) Dir. Guo Jing Ming – Episode 22