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Zuko in that one scene before Sozin’s comet

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me when i'm with other people: i am loved 😌

as soon as i'm alone: but am i 😰

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There are two types of people:

1: has a blog for every single fandom there in and barely uses most of them.

2: has one single blog where they put literally everything and it's a total mess.

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it’s so funny how iroh is always just like “oh don’t look at me I am but a stupid old man” and if anyone is like “um... no...... you’re the Dragon of the West” he’s like “what? that was , like, ages ago. six years ago, even. I’m stupid now. my brains turned to mush!” and then they just believe him and completely let their guard down. I love it

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I'm a hufflepuff and i'm weird

explain the reason for your url

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So it’s 2020 can we talk about how Avatar portrays femininity as well as just gender in general?  You have Katara, Toph, Suki, and like 800 other amazing female characters who are out here being warriors and making a point that women can be incredible fighters too, and there’s an episode that addresses this explicitly where Katara duels Pakku and basically explodes his reductive view of women (best scene in the whole thing is when everyone carts her in to apologize to him.) And there’s a lot about women being encouraged to take part in traditionally masculine spaces, particularly again with Toph and Katara. Katara is great too because the show doesn’t draw a dichotomy between a fighter and a healer. Katara can be gentle and motherly and a good shoulder to cry on, while also being a hundred percent badass. 

But then also the show is really good (albeit a bit subtler) about the value in men embracing traditionally feminine traits and activities.  Our main character is pacifist vegetarian soft-boi who wears flower crowns and makes jewelry and spends a lot of time talking about his feelings and he is by and far the most morally sound character in the series who is completely at ease with who he is. 

Then you have Sokka who a lot of people have pointed out has an arc that’s basically “chug respect women juice,” and part of that arc includes him wearing the Kiyoshi uniform, something he feels emasculates him, (and which the show makes a joke about tbf) but then they turn it around and make the ensemble genuinely badass. 

And then sweet Zuko who is absolutely someone who is portrayed as caring and sensitive in his childhood (by no small part due to his mother’s influence) who is raised in probably the most toxically masculine environment in the show. The Fire Nation might have women in its ranks, but feminine traits like compassion, mercy, and basically any emotion that isn’t a desire for destruction are seen as disgraceful. It’s notable what gets Zuko banished is his refusal to fight his own father, and how that is labeled disrespectful. 

It’s also notable that the people and places that change Zuko are more feminine in nature. He works in a shop, cleaning and preparing tea. He meets two young women who drastically change his view on Earth Kingdom civilians. He spends time helping a family with children. And through all this he’s there with Iroh, a guy who enjoys music, culture, and natural beauty, who’s sensitive and dedicated to humble acts of kindness for others, and who Ozai dismisses as an embarassing failure. 

And the show ends with Zuko ditching all this toxicity and just being the guy he wants to be. He even hugs Aang at the end, something Season 1 Zuko would never do with anybody. Our boy hugs!

Like the show doesn’t just empower women by letting them fight, it also shows the power and value in emotional vulnerability and compassion that is usually only reserved for women. It empowers women to fight and kick ass while also deconstructing toxic masculinity. 

Tl:dr: Avatar says let women fight, and let men be emotionally open with each other and hug!

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Do you ever stop reading/watching for a second and pause/close the book because you KNOW that your character is gonna do something super embarassing and you want to read/watch further but your stomach is doing summersaults and you heart is beating so fast that you feel as it its gonna burst out of you so you pause and breathe because THERE ARE TOO MANY DAMN FEELINGS AND WHEN YOU ENTERED THE FANDOM YOU DID NOT EXPECT ALL THE HEARTBREAKS THAT YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED. THE AMOUNT OF FEELS IS WAY TOO ABOVE YOUR PAYCHECK!!

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I love how on seven separate occasions Zuko’s version of a “plan” was ‘break into an impenetrable/secret location and we’ll go from there’ 

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if you’re ever scared you’re not a good person, remember that bad people don’t care about being better 

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jon: so…

arya: …

jon: *slams fist on the table*

jon: what are your intentions with my best friend?

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Sokka: *carrying all the supplies with both arms*

Suki: *reaches out to help him*

Sokka: *switches all supplies to one arm to hold Suki's hand*

Suki: that's not what I- okay

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That feeling tho when you find that fic writer that just absolutely fucking

understands the characters to their core

writes so well they–just so–they just—their writing is—-THEY WRITE GOOD

shatters your bad mood with a new update

writes a fic that you can read over again and still clutch at your heart like HOLY SHIT I FUCKING LOVE–I LOVE THIS FIC

writes a scene that has you all giddy in public and that one random stranger asks you like “ooo you are smiling :) :) is that a boy :) you are talking to :)” and you’re like “no I’m reading a Everybody Lives/Nobody Dies AU, please leave”

understands and portrays the characters better than the people who make MOVIES with those characters

amazing. just amazing. fic writers are awesome

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do you ever read fanfiction so good you wish it was a book that you could buy and put on some shelf in your bedroom and gaze at sometimes and remember how amazing that motherfucker was instead of having to squint at it on your too bright phone screen at 3 am

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W.I.T.C.H fan art

Fanart of one of my fav childhood Comics by Alessandro Barbucci ♥

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Me, aged 14, reading Tolkien: Hobbits are considered chuldren until they are 30? How funky! Fantasy worldbuilding! This is so different from us humans!

Me, aged 25: Oh i get it now

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bisexuals will see someone in period clothes and be like yes