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Katara isn't a princess, and really the only reason she would ever be treated as such if another nation (possibly the Earth Kingdom, but most likely the Northern Water Tribe or the Fire Nation) misunderstood her status, within her tribe's social context.

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Saw someone describe Sokka as "the guy who thinks he's the main character who slowly realises he's not" and that he becomes whiny about that forever and I've never been so viscerally driven to violence so quickly in my life

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Azulaang sketch.

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One underdone idea for a fic is Zuko tries to force a relationship on Azula, who doesn't want anything to do with him after how he treated her in canon, and it all goes very, very poorly.

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The only compelling place TES could possibly go with Skyrim's war is actually the Thalmor invasion of a free skyrim because yes, its well established that the Stomcloaks are not fully equipped to handle 2 back to back wars which means it would force Ulfric to ally himself with either The Empire, The Dunmer, The Redguards, or maybe even Argonians or Forsworn and that's way more interesting than either a secomd Thalmo-Imperial war or a continual imperial Skyrim

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It's always been strange to me how in the Avatar shows and even in the comics how the good guys defeat the villains and place them directly or indirectly in prisons that are just a step away from torture chambers and think the villains owe them a "Thank You" for not killing them.

I would say this is more of a Korra issue, the only place I'd say this happens in ATLA is with Azula, and it was a post-hoc inclusion in comics which were largely written by other authors (and if you believe Ehasz, directly contradict the planned future of the series).

Even in Korra it only really applies to Zaheer and maybe Kuvira.

I do agree though that the show kind of plays both sides in saying that mercy is the bare minimum and necessary and also that its exceptional and extraordinary

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To be totally fair, I don't think this reallyworks unless the idea starts with Azula escaping the Fire Nation, and Zuko deciding to chase her to make up with her and not reimprison her, because like, purely logistically, I don't think Azula would deny his attempt at reconcilliation because the alternative is forever jail

One underdone idea for a fic is Zuko tries to force a relationship on Azula, who doesn't want anything to do with him after how he treated her in canon, and it all goes very, very poorly.

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Got a source for that?

I think an underrepresented cause of Ursa's neglect towards Azula is the reality of what happens if she doesn't become Ozai? Because what's really left for her without ruthless progression? She turns into Ursa, married to a man for (at best) political reasons and resigned to spend her whole life with a man she probably doesn't love having kids she never wanted while the people she knew excel in their positions and live better and more fulfilling lives. No matter how you chock it up, being a second born and a daughter sucks.

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Yea, I think (at least in my view as a raised Catholic) when God decided to give Man flesh and free will, he didn't just cut off our understanding of Him (again, so we could choose to rebuke Him) but he also cut off His own understanding of us. God isn't flesh, he doesn't know carnality which is why God in the Old Testament comes off as so cruel, then comes the New Testament where Christ bridges the gap between God and Man and God begins to understand, which is why he begins to appear more merciful in the New Testament. It isn't that God suddenly becomes nice, its that the miscommunication is healed and God and Man are reconnected to a degree.

God was never truly cruel and he never intended to be cruel and the writers of the Bible never intended to portray him as cruel, and it shows that the Birth of Christ was just as significant for God as it waa for us.

i feel like we dont point out that its christian doctrine that god thinks we all deserve to burn for eternity for the crime of being born and the only way he'd forgive us is if we completely and utterly devote our lives to him. what a fucking prick.

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I know this was in notes but I did want to say this is not an absurd belief. The Bible is a fallible text in Christianity. Much of it (especially the Gospels) are written purely by men who can be wrong, hence why many sects put a lot of emphasis on bible study. The Gospels aren't historical documents or transcriptions from God, and the 4 authors very well could be wrong about things, any Bible you read has also been translated atleast twice by people who did not natively speak both languages so some meaning will necessarily be altered without some kind of contextual guide. A lot of Christian sects pick and choose which books of the Bible they deem canon, choosing none is canon, though I'd be curious to know where your father gets his doctrine and teaching from? Does he talk to God? Something else?

i feel like we dont point out that its christian doctrine that god thinks we all deserve to burn for eternity for the crime of being born and the only way he'd forgive us is if we completely and utterly devote our lives to him. what a fucking prick.

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I mean, thats not just a rash oversimplification, its just not correct at virtually every step. Sin is an act and being born isn't an act it cannot be a Sin, but birth is derivative of Sin therefore it is Sinful. You aren't evil or criminal, but your birth is the consequence of Sin (Original Sin, not merely the act of sex which is not inherently sinful) therefore you are tainted with sin. Baptism washes away this Original Sin, and still many Christian denominations don't believe unbaptised people go to Hell, they go to Purgatory, or if they do go to Hell, it's like, the front door of Hell and there is no real punishment or torture (see, Dante's Inferno).

I'm assuming you're referring to some Protestant denomination (or non-denominational church — which is always just protestants that regret throwing away some of the Catholic bits), but as far as I know there are no Christian denominations that demand you devote your life to God. Protestant denominations tend to be more Fire & Brimstone though, especially Evangelicals, these are all flawed sects that misinform their members because the purpose of the New Testament is to show that God is understanding and that he is loving and his forgiveness is neverending. If you ask for forgiveness, you will get it no matter what. God does not want you to go to Hell, he makes no demands of you, but he does give you the choice.

In a Christian context, devoting your life to God means becoming a priest, nun, minister, etc. And I've never heard any church leader say that.

That is also not the conception of the Christian God. That's your idea of the Christian God, but the only Christians who would agree with you are super Fire & Brimstone protestants and non-denominationals. The conception of the Christian God (attested in the Bible by parables like The Prodigal Son) is that of a father who is waiting for their child to return. God is always loving, always forgiving, and always waiting.

And because God is loving he allows his children to be free, and freedom means freedom from God as well. He has to allow you to reject him and so for Man to be free and have free will, Hell must exist in some form. Whether hell is eternal suffering, suffering until the Day of Judgement, ot temporary suffering differs between denominations. If Hell didn't exist, then the only option would be to return to God, and that means there is no option so you are not free.

Original Sin is necessary for Free Will to coexist with God and God does not hate you for it.

To summarise: the only broad 'christian doctrine' is that Christ is the Messiah, God doesn't believe everyone deserves to burn in Hell nor does he want anyone to burn in Hell, God does not think being born is a crime, God will forgive as long as you ask and are being genuine, there is no other condition (i guess believing in him? But that feels a bit silly to say because obviously anyone asking God for forgiveness believes in him), he doesn't ask us to devote our lives to him at all, you can convert in your death bed, plead forgiveness, and by most Christian sects you will be embraced into heaven, God doesn't taunt you with Hell, the Bible doesn't talk about Hell that much and most church services don't talk about it at all in many sessions, again, unless you're in a very Fire & Brimstone sect, you really don't talk about Hell bevause why would you? Obey is eh? God doesn't ask people to do things personally anymore and 90% of the Bible is just 'be a good person', the only like 3 of the 10 commandments that don't boil down to 'be nice' are have no other god's, don't work on sunday, don't take the Lord's name in vain, all of which are like entry level for most monotheistic religions, God also doesn't send you to hell. From a spiritual standpoint you sent yourself to Hell by sinning, from a logistical standpoitn Saint Peter is the guy who tells you you aren't getting into Heaven.

i feel like we dont point out that its christian doctrine that god thinks we all deserve to burn for eternity for the crime of being born and the only way he'd forgive us is if we completely and utterly devote our lives to him. what a fucking prick.

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When you're trying to watch a movie but an Angel invades the Earth

DVD to LCL feels mad

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I think Azulaang/Aangzula would be so fucking funny.

I know a lot of people play the idea for angst (aangst?) or a darker version of the story. A sort of “ooooo the Sexy but Evil and Insane Manipulator is getting her claws into the heart of the sweet naive avatar she already almost murdered! Isn’t she so Scary and Intimidating?”, and like, it’s your fanfic, but I think that misses a lot of the potential.

Remember: Azula has no goddamn rizz. At all. And she thinks she’s the funniest person alive. A belief that Aang does not share in the slightest.

You don’t have to write her as a cruel calculating seductress, when you can write her as a Really Incredibly Cringe fourteen year old girl with no clue how to get the boy she likes to like her back, so she does the traumatised child-weapon equivalent of pulling his pigtails (hunting him down across the continent and attempting to kidnap him while daydreaming about him joining the fire nation).

Azula who joins Team Avatar because she has a crush, and tries being extra egomaniacal and evil, in an attempt to impress Aang.

Azula who gets her life saved by Aang, and now she feels the need to help him out to repay her debt, and his unwillingness to use evil means to depose her father is So Frustrating and Why Won’t This Boy Just Let Her Massacre Fire Villages For Him Aaaaaargh?!

Azula who tries her Political Mastermind schtick in order to take control of Team Avatar to save them from their own incompetence, but it just Does Not Work.

Azula who tries meditation to understand Aang better, but is so incapable of having any chill that it somehow results in civilian casualties.

Azula who tries to be the Dark Intimidating Manipulator Fire-Sifu, but Aang doesn’t find her scary at all, and just wants her to try having fun with him, and she doesn’t know how to handle this.

Let the girl be a mess.

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I'm not a big Morrowind head, but I do think that Azura and Sheogorath's wager is one of the best examples of god's meddling in human lives. Like sure, there'll be divine wars and arguments over land or domain, but 2 gods being like,

"I think someone could live alone for 100 years and be fine, what's a hundred years?"

"That's stupid and your stupid for thinking it."

"Oh yeah?" *plucks a human up from the mortal realm* "I bet she can do it!"

"You're on!"

And boom you have to live 100 years in complete solitude just to prove a point is way more realistic imo

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She knows what she is doing…

Please, to the 7 ppl who ship this with me, please send me some fanfics.

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it should be illegal for a company to be able to brick any console that you legally own I am so serious about this

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This is your regularly scheduled reminder that "Life finds a way" is about the dinosaurs becoming transgender