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Today is the 100th anniversary of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz‘s birth.

Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz with their daughters Qubilah Shabazz and Attallah Shabazz at home in East Elmhurst, 1962.

Photos by Robert L. Haggins

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Ty Lee: Zuko, did you really kill the Avatar? Zuko: FUCK.

Saw this screenshot from a Thai drama and this popped into my head.

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Us, arriving to Austria to a tiny family hotel owned by an elderly lady

Us: speak only limited German

Lady: barely speaks English

Us:

Lady:

Lady: Czech? Slovak?

Us: Czech

Lady, to herself: Czech, that's a Slavic language right

Lady: understand Yugoslavian?

Us:

Us: yeah that works

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Hamlet as a D&D paladin.

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help pls: in need of motivation

She is so outraged when she hears of Father's judgement that she nearly spits lightning, but she knows before Iroh shakes his head that she cannot go with them. Father needs an heir. She cannot plunge her Nation into that sort of political instability. But the Crown Princess has greater resources than her banished brother, and she sends word to Uncle of every whisper and rumor she hears.

I did a 'Zuko joins the White Lotus and joins the Gaang Early' fic and now I want to write an 'Azula joins the Gaang early' mirror fic but I don't have the energy right now. These are the only small snippets I've been able to come up with. So this is me throwing up a Bat-signal: if anyone wants to toss ideas around with me, please drop me a message!

Aang knows the girl is from the Fire Nation, but surely not everyone from the Fire Nation can be all bad, right? Okay, so Aang had to agree with Sokka that Zuko had been like a bit of an angry jerk, but this new girl isn’t Zuko! Katara, Sokka and Suki all seem suspicious of her, but she can’t be that bad if Momo and Appa like her. When he remarks on this, something changes in her expression. Aang isn’t sure what changes, exactly, because she has a crazy good Pai Sho face, but something in her amber eyes looks a little bit different. “My brother is fond of animals.” She pauses for a moment before adding, “My cousin was, too.” Aang’s not sure he likes the way she makes a difference between is and was. He licks his lips to try and give himself time to work past the sudden awkwardness he feels, but it’s not very helpful.

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Hi! I started reading your White Lotus series and I noticed that it was part 2 of the Blue Spirit series and there's no other overlap? Is there a recommended order if I want to read both?

Hey there, thank you so much for your ask! 😊💛 I always intended for allll the works to eventually be brought together in one series, but whilst I wrote and posted the canon-era fics pretty early on, the Blue Spirit fics were a lot harder. I've got them all plotted and mapped out!! but I have to be honest and say that I've really struggled for time & motivation these past two years, so that grand unified theory of calcliffbas Avatar fanfic hasn't come to fruition yet. So it may not be a very satisfying experience to read them all together with so much of the story still yet to be posted, but if you want a recommended order, here's the timeline:

where my spirit could seek shelter (sadly still a work in progress 😭)

seventy-two to nil

The Blue Spirit: Year One

No Reason You Can't Do It

Your Plans Can Change

You Have To Stand Firm

Who Knows What Happens Next

The Blue Spirit: Born Again

The Blue Spirit: Without Fear (WIP 😭)

and the journey itself is home (a bunch of random one-shots)

The Blue Spirit: Birthright (WIP 😭)

Still a few works to complete. :( I promise I'm working on it!! But I really hope you're enjoying the fics in the meantime. :) Thank you again for the ask, I'm so happy you cared enough to reach out!

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lol I totally forgot to share this! nearly 2 years later and I finally did it. :) never give up on your dreams kids!!!!

brain dump

Wanna write a TimSteph fanfic titled ‘baby, you’re not that kind’ after the Elton John song where Steph is looking at Robin in a cute post-crimefighting moment and realizing that after all her bad experiences with her Dad and his crim friends and her babysitter and Dean, here, finally, is someone she can trust to love her and treat her the way she deserve.

And then the fast-forward to the Red Robin and Batgirl era where it’s messy-messy-messy and Steph’s looking at Red Robin and realizing that he’s not the same earnest, dorky, good kid she knew back then. because he’s not that kind!!!!!

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if you’re so insistent on making sirius black read russian literature as a shorthand to show he’s morose and sullen and moody and depressive, stop making him read dostoevsky, make him read turgenev. who the hell finishes karamazov and doesn’t feel uplifted

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Kuei (Avatar), Original Male Character(s) Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Humor, Fluff Summary:

The Earth King is determined to bring righteousness, justice, and liberty to his citizens. The way he intends to do this, much to his butler's dismay, is to invite General Iroh to tea.

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“Your employer’s gonna look at your socials” alright pal have fun reading my posts where i argue about whether the blonde guy from les miserables is gay or not

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Hyrule’s princess and most wanted criminal

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without dropping anything super specific what do you think of EoW's story? in particular i'm kinda worried over if they made Zelda basically replaceable with any other silent protag and i'm holding back on getting the game if that's the case...

I think they handled a playable zelda incredibly well actually! In particular I was impressed that although she is a silent protagonist, she is NOT link, and the game takes care to remind you of that in everything from dialog to physical gameplay. Though she does technically have the ability to wield link's sword, in practice it's almost always more practical to use echoes, her own unique form of gameplay, to get through combat instead, which is a good reminder to the player that this isn't link's story, and we're not going to be able to beat it link's way. You're required to be ZELDA and think like zelda, utilizing mechanics unique to her, in order to progress through the story, and those mechanics emphasize creative problem-solving in a way that clearly envokes her core trait of wisdom. so in that regard i'd say she's definitely a unique protagonist and I never felt like she could have been replaced with someone else! (mild spoilery note: in the final battle you do actually have link fighting alongside you, and because of that, your sword ability is removed entirely, meaning you HAVE to end the game on zelda's terms, with zelda's abilities, which I thought was a nice touch.)

In terms of actual story, it's honestly a fairly classic zelda formula, but the twists and turns were well-written and kept me VERY engaged throughout. The act of searching for link felt different not because chasing after a captured friend is uncommon in a loz game, but because HE was different. The things you learn about link and how he ended up in this story compel you to keep searching for him in a way that you almost... don't need when you're link chasing zelda, because OF COURSE the hero is going to go after the princess. but this game had to engineer a situation in which the PRINCESS wanted to go after the HERO, and a hero she'd never met before at that. and that to me is what made the story interesting.

I will say, don't go into this game expecting it to have the same amount of story as a 3d installment like botw or totk. this is a topdown classic-style game, and it treats itself like one. the story is good, but it's not pushing the boundaries of the genre or anything. eow is a game that knows what it is and what it wants to do, and it does it exceptionally well. I think where the game really shines is in the implied narrative of the worldbuilding--pieces of personal memorabilia in characters' houses, little hints of the past and references to previous games in map design and details that allow you as the player to theorize and put together the less overt pieces of the story on your own. this has always been one of the things that I personally really enjoy about zelda games, so I absolutely LOVE how much detail is left for the player to find in eow if they're paying attention.

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The three layers of Sir Percy Blakney’s personality:

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ZELDA FANS HOW WE FEELING!!!!