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"zk is an awful ship they'd be so horrible and toxic together" zutara is literally baby's first EtL ship who go from enemies to close friends in canon they're one of the most wholesome interations of the trope imaginable but also i want everyone to know i'd still ship it even if it was horrible and toxic <3 because they're 2d moving pixels and not fucking real <3

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Many people have already discussed the way Zuko and Katara are linked by the loss of their mothers. I and others have also meta'd about the differences in how they interact with their fathers, a comparison the show highlights in "The Awakening," where Zuko faces his father for the first time in years and is forced to repress his emotions, vs Katara being allowed to express her hurt towards her father and being treated with kindness and compassion by Hakoda. But another comparison between Ozai and Hakoda that I have not seen anyone bring up before is this one:

Both Zuko and Katara running to their dads for help upon discovering that something has happened to their mothers. Hakoda immediately stops what he's doing to let Katara take him to Kya, while Ozai does not even acknowledge Zuko. Zuko's angry "where is she?" to Ozai also implies that he knows his father is the cause of her disappearance. There's also an emphasis on the fact that Hakoda is defending the village when Katara comes to him whereas Zuko finds Ozai tending to his own wounds and refusing to acknowledge what his children might be feeling.

The father as protector of the family vs the father who divides the family.

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I saw you worked things out with your ~girlfriend~

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Possibly my favorite thing in the entire SS universe is in the official FLF art, everyone is sitting on the couch or standing up, and you have Oliver and Celia in the corner, Alisa on the arm of the couch which makes a lot of sense, Rosalind and Orion sitting together in the center, Phoebe posing in the corner of the couch. And then Silas is just. Fully on top of the couch.

LIKE LOOK AT HIM.

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What if Zuko’s entire ship was composed of treasonous soldiers that were told that helping the prince capture the Avatar, they would be spared execution.

What if through them, Zuko learned the truth of the Fire Nation. The war isn’t to bring glory, but to establish control.

What if the mission of the ship changed a year after sailing.

What if Zuko was in the South Pole to find to Avatar to protect him. To help him against his father?

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I’m probably late to this but

Annabeth: we’re demigods, of course we’re always running for our lives

Percy: we’re demigods, of course we know nothing about technology 

Leo: we’re demigods, of course we can never be permanently happy

Percy: dude are you ok

Leo tearing up: no

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TV girl

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one of us, we all say in unison

broo im new to this app looking for secret shanghai moots 😭😭😭😭

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actual criticisms of academia:

cost of education acting as class barrier

exploitation of graduate workers

colonialist past and present

ties to military industrial complex

danger of power structure entrenching and justifying orthodox views on social issues

criticisms of academia that get made:

those damn ivory tower academics are wasting money learning about things

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me searching my blog for something i know for a fact i have posted about multiple times only for tumblr to show nothing

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if i'm being absolutely completely totally honest i think that "it wasn't you" doesn't go far enough in absolving someone of the guilt of being the subject of a brainwashing or mind control plot. because at the end of the day, it was you. it was your body, your mind, potentially even your soul, being stripped of its autonomy, intimately violated and turned against you as much as anyone else. it's a kind of assault, and should be treated as such, especially in more mature narratives. i think that "it wasn't your fault" and "your shame at being made helpless and unable to control your own body and mind's involuntary responses is understandable, but you are not in any way irredeemable or unforgivable because of what was done to you" are also necessary reassurances. and i think that there should be lingering resentment in spite of words of forgiveness and miscommunication and long-term post-traumatic consequences also.

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It's insane how casually the calls to end a genocide, not just the students in Columbia University but pro Palestinian views in general, are labelled as terrorists. The audacity to still publicly support Israel's actions even after the horrific bombings these last months and then turn around to say that the ones who oppose it are violent anti semites is just baffling

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learn from my mistakes, fellow weary traveler:

1. never open Instagram

2. never open the comments on Instagram posts

3. ESPECIALLY never open the comments on an Instagram post about zutara

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i love the phrase "cruel and unusual." not only is what you're doing mean but it's also quite frankly fucking bizarre

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SORRY THIS IS LATE BUT HAPPY BDAY TO THE ONE AND ONLY BENEDIKT MONTAGOV!!

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Happy birthday Benedikt! May you draw a perfect circle today!

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