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A Guide To My Blog

Hey guys so I thought I'd make post to help you wonderful people navigate my posts and reblogs.

There is of course the normal caps lock, bold, and italic all together for when I want to really empathize something.

But now to the little things that may not be as obvious.

Characters I Love/Like

These names will be written just normally with a capital letter!

Characters I Hate/Dislike

These names will be written in all lower case with no capital! Even if the word/name is the beginning of a sentence!

Characters I'm Grey/Feel 'Meh' About

These names will be highlighted in orange! Since we do not have the option of the color grey and orange is a warning color! These are the characters that I don't love enough to give them a proud capital letter. But I also do not hate/dislike them enough to completely demote them to lower case.

Hope this helps

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This! Literally this! Yes Draco was a brat over the years but I hate it when trio fans/the fandom treat him like he's Satan, because of the behavior he was TAUGHT.

FYI Draco not wanting to kill Dumbledore isn’t cowardice, it’s him having a genuine moral conscience and an instinctive aversion to taking a life, which is way more than can be said about a good many characters in Harry Potter, including his own parents and aunt, none of whom have any moral issues with doing a fascist psycho’s dirty work (nor does Snape, honestly; remember Snape only left the Death Eaters because of Lily, not because of any realization that it’s wrong to commit genocide). Plus Draco’s wand, the wand that CHOSE him, is unicorn core, which is canonically the most difficult to turn to the Dark Arts; that kind of wand would never choose someone who is inherently evil. I’m baffled by people who say Draco’s hesitance in killing Dumbledore is somehow another addition to his admittedly long list of flaws; I guess I didn’t realize that discovering you don’t want to commit murder is a bad thing that should be condemned. Haters say that fans invented Draco’s potential for redemption and he actually has no good in him whatsoever, but those haters clearly have not truly read the text.

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I don't think Azula is redeemable.

I'm sorry but its true. I can feel pity for her. After all she was clearly abused.

But her cruelty and willingness to harm/kill innocents and those she considered allies. Her lack of empathy. Her outright glee at her siblings fear/pain. No part of her character has anything in it that could be looked at as favorable qualities. She's just to far gone.

Azula is a brilliantly written character. But that doesn't mean her character is redeemable.

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Oh. My. GODS! This is BEAUTIFUL!!! This....this a DRAWING?! It's ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!

Mai fanart by me

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Think About It! ATLA Edition

"I love Zuko more than I fear you."

No but think about it! Think about how d*** POWERFUL that line is!

Mai a girl who by her own admission has grown up in a very stiff, unloving, status concerned world. Is saying that she LOVES someone MORE than the norms that were drilled into her her entire life!

Mai is literally declaring to Azula that she can't CONTROL her anymore. That even IF Zuko is a 'traitor' to the Fire Nation. Mai would still rather love him than go along with Azula any more. That she is choosing Zuko over Azula! Something that before now only Iroh has done!

Even if Mai knew that she would very likely die for that line!

AND ZUKO WASN'T EVEN AROUND TO HEAR IT!!!

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The TRUE Zuko and Katara Dynamic:

Katara became the little sister Zuko SHOULD have had.

Their dynamic isn't supposed to be ROMANTIC its FAMILY.

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Also bear in mind that both Mai and Zuko aren't the best at expressing affection. Given their fairly cold limited affection upbringings. Phrasing love decorations as 'jabs' may be the way they feel safest expressing them in case of rejection.

Our babies are trying their best!

can i just say that besides finding the lines “that food was for my cranky girlfriend” and “saving the jerk who dumped” funny AF, they’re also special to me? because despite they insult each other indirectly, the intention behind them is actually cute. lemme explain:

“watch it! that food was for my cranky girlfriend!” = “that girl over there may be cranky all you want but she’s MY cranky girl and I LOVE HER THAT WAY so i will always look after her especially if she’s in a bad mood idc idc”

“saving the jerk who dumped me” = “that guy over there is an idiot, yes, but he’s MY idiot and idgaf if he dumped me I LOVE HIM and i’m here to save his ass idc IDC”

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(I NEVER liked snape as a character but carry on)

The r/severus snape subreddit are full of nut jobs lol

They treat Snape like a poor little victim that never meant to do bad things and treat James and his friends as satan incarnate instead of flawed people that were stupid ass kids once, it's ridiculous and it makes me not like Snape as a character anymore. Snape was racist even before he went to hogwarts, he was planning on becoming a death eater, he was friends with death eaters and thought it was funny when they were bullying other students with dark magic, he bullied children and lashed out at harry just because he's James' son, he mindraped harry, he was completely fine with Lily's husband and baby dying and he wanted to be in a house where a terroristic cult started in!!!! You can like villains but don't ignore their actions/behavior. He's honestly just a pathetic man with daddy issues like Voldemort that couldn't just let grudges go and become a better person. I don't know why I liked him so much, all of Snape's fans are enablers. James died trying to protect his family but he's treated like he's Satan incarnate over something he did as a child, you people are ridiculous.

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Harry says it to Uma whenever he gets hurt protecting/avenging her. Uma says it to Harry whenever she fights his inner demons.

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THIS ACCOUNT IS A MAL FAN ACCOUNT!

If you are a Mal hater/dislike Mal then it is probably best NOT to follow me/think before messaging me or re-blogging my posts. Because yes I like Mal and I will defend her from any haters!

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This RIGHT HERE is the main reason I ship Hinny! Yeah Hermione has been with Harry 'through everything.' But Ginny is the only one close to Harry who can Truly. Understand. what it is like to have voldermort in your head!

Leaving this moment out of the movie was a total disservice to the ship!

GINNY

The thing that pisses me off the most about half blood Prince is that they didn’t include Ginny totally fucking freaking at Harry when she finds out he is following random advice from a book. It’s such a small moment but it’s one of the only ones where Ginnys continued trauma from chamber of secrets is mentioned. Even Harry acknowledges that she has still not recovered from the diary, and it’s a slap in his face when he realises that she is right to be scared and angry at how foolish and naive he is being. She says it to warn him, not to guilt-trip him, and it gets through to him. It’s why he let’s Hermione take the book- because to Ginny it’s not just a useful book, it’s a reminder of what happened when she listened to a faceless voice in a book. It reminded Harry what he almost lost, and why he can’t afford to take chances like this. It was a small moment that showed how much respect he had for Ginny, she got through when even Hermiones logic couldn’t. It killed me when they didn’t include it in the movie.

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Liking Both

Am I the only one who likes BOTH the Hinny kiss in the book AND the movie?

I know there's been a lot of people say they hated the way the kiss was shot in HBP.

I like the book version because well its self explanatory: in character and works.

But I ALSO really love the movie version to, because it shows that your first kiss doesn't have to be flashy. Also with the amount of lime light Harry ALREADY GETS. In a way I think it was good for him to have something that didn't happen in front of others. One moment that he could have that was just his. His and Ginny's.

The movie kiss may have been different to the book. But I think it showed off a different side of love. Sometimes you don't need a cheering crowd watching. You don't need a spot light. All you need is EACH OTHER.

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THIS! This is what non everlark shippers just don't get! As stated Katniss had multiple chances to walk away from Peeta at any time. He would have accepted it while wishing her well. Would it have broken his heart? Absolutely. But he would have let her go. If Katniss had wanted someone else she could have had them. But. She. Wanted. Peeta!

The thing about Peeta is that he gave Katniss an out multiple times throughout the series.

He offered to die in their first games. He undid his bandage on his bleeding leg and literally said “It’s what I want”

In the Quarter Quell he volunteered so that he could protect her and guarantee her survival and gave his blessing for her to move on.

In Mockingjay he asks someone in Squad 451 to kill him and in the tunnels he asked to be left behind and die.

He repeatedly gave Katniss the opportunity to let him go and love someone else but Katniss refused. She refused each time because she can’t live without him. She loves him, it was always him.

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We talk about Iroh showing Zuko unconditional love upon their reunion after Zuko betrayed him in Ba Sing Se and how much of a counter it is to how Ozai treated him, but you know what we should also talk about? When Mai did the same thing. 

Zuko left Mai because he didn’t want her to get dragged into becoming a traitor to the Fire Nation, in large part because he assumed she wouldn’t want to. He assumed she would choose Azula and the Fire Nation over him because of course she would. Anyone would. He just assumed that when he left, she wouldn’t miss him or want anything to do with him. 

“Everyone in the Fire Nation thinks I’m a traitor. I couldn’t drag her into it.” 

And she was angry at him at the Boiling Rock, and rightfully so. Not necessarily because of what he had done but because he had left her. Because she did love him. 

“All I get is a letter? You could have at least looked me in the eye when you ripped out my heart.” 

And they have that moment where he locks her in the cell so he can escape and thinks ‘that’s it.’ That Mai has to hate him now after everything he did. 

But she doesn’t. She still chooses him. 

“It’s Mai!” 

She doesn’t just betray Azula for Zuko, she betrays the Fire Nation. She proves him wrong and shows him that he does have someone who loves him, someone who will risk everything for him. When he thought that there was no one from his old life who would miss him or wanted anything to do with him (even Iroh), Mai saves him and shows him that yes, there is this person who knows him and who has known him and has been hurt by him, but who still loves him. 

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One small moment I always loved in ATLA, is when Sokka asks if Mai is the gloomy girl who’s always sighing and Zuko says, “yeah” all softly with a smile; like he genuinely finds that to be a truly endearing and lovely trait of hers.

I don’t know - I just always found that moment to be super cute and sweet.

Mai may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but she certainly is Zuko’s and that’s what love is all about.

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I melt every time I see this. Its like how many times have we actually seen a boy/young man. Be ALLOWED to hug/accept comfort from his parent and it NOT be framed as 'weak' 'unmanly' 'he's a sissy' etc? And the fact they make hakoda again an ADULT MAN CRY at the sight of his son and he's never framed as 'less of' because of it is just...ugh SO GOOD!

ATLA has done SO MANY GOOD things for their audience its perfect!

Okay, I keep talking about it but it just makes my heart so soft. Hakoda getting teary eyed and not hesitating to fully, both arms, head on your shoulder hug his son and Sokka completely leaning into it, like regardless of how old he is his dad is an undoubtable source of safety and comfort.

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He was willing to let an INFANT die just so he could play white knight/house with that infants mother.

He bullied two CHILDREN as an ADULT in a position of POWER OVER THEM. One to the point that he became his WORST FEAR. Not heights after being dropped out a window. Not the person who TORTURED his parents to the point that they don't even REMEMBER he EXISTS.

Nope Nevile Longbottem's WORST FEAR was severus snape.

snape did NOT DESERVE the redemption arc in ANY way and I CAN and WILL hate him for eternity

someone: snape was in love with lily, he changed his views uwu. he was a brave man and you can’t hate him because he got a brilliant redemption arc

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