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@firstclassthot​ Thank you for this prompt! My best friend asked for some Princess and the Frog fluff and I don’t know how to write fics that aren’t edgy and angsty so I looked through your prompts for ideas and once I read this the fic just started tumbling out and she loved it!

Otp prompt #73

Person A is obsessed with the holidays and comes from a family that went all out when celebrating them. Decorating their home, baking cookies, giving gifts, they loved it all.

Person B is quite the opposite. Their family never really celebrated a winter holiday, and as they grew up they began resenting those who made a big deal out of the holiday season.

But A wants to share their love and excitement with B, and will do everything possible and necessary to warm B’s cold heart.

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Star: *astounded at closely I’m analyzing this ship*

Me: I mean, I’m ship trash and you gave me a target. I will find ALL the romantic subtext and if I can’t find it I’ll write it myself  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Okay, so, @risingfire17-in-wonderland-blog and I are doing a "12 ship fics for 12 years of friendship" writing challenge, in which we write each others' fave ships, regardless of our personal feelings. The only real rule is we both have to be familiar with the source material. One of the ships on my list for her is Harry/Hermione, one of my oldest OTPs (and one of the very, very rare non-canon ships I actually have Feelings for lol)

The only problem is that my bestie hasn't touched the series since 2011, when the last film came out lol so she couldn't recall any "canon" evidence of Harmony feels. And since rewatching the films is infinitely easier than rereading the books, we're doing weekly watches of the series!

Last night, we watched Sorcerer's Stone, and she took notes of EVERY POSSIBLE HARMONY MOMENT, like a scientist taking notes on animals in the wild lmao

Transcript of her notes below cut:

[Transcript: picture of notebook with my best friend's writing

"Why to Ship Harmony

Movie 1:

she repaired his glasses

"she's kinda a bitch, but she fixed my glasses, so I'll give her a chance" kind of attitude

she always sits next to Harry

she rushed to his side during Quidditch convo

she knows more about him than he does

she gets his attention before Snape does during class

"this is your fault" look he gives Ron bc she's crying

Harry remembers she's in the bathroom

he jumps on a troll's back to protect her & he dragged Ron into action

she set a teacher on fire to protect him

she cheered like a psycho when he won Quidditch

chess - she screams "that's barbaric" when Ron's piece kills Harry's

she walks on Ron's side but rushes to Harry's side when his scar hurts & when he rushes off

"lucky Hermione pays attention in Herbology"

(book only) potions test ⬇

she calls him a great wizard ➡ he replied "not as good as you" ➡ and admits there are more important things than books & cleverness

(book only) she gives him his first hug

when Harry asks Hermione after he gets out of hospital how she is and she says "never better" (because she saw Harry)

The back pat & look he gave her when she won 50 pts -- he didn't even get that excited about Ron - he clapped and smiled for Ron while he was looking but continued to look admirably at Hermione even after she looks away"

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Thinking again about how Katara is portrayed in "Ember Island Players" and how a lot of her objections to the play have to do with how it portrays her as an overly emotional damsel who needs Aang to save her from her wretched existence, and the disrespect of her entire culture and people that is used to portray her as someone who needs a man to rescue her.

Which on one level you can interpret as Fire Nation propaganda, but it's also a meta commentary on the series itself, because Katara does rely on Aang as a savior figure and there are certain scenes that are specifically designed to damsel her so that Aang can be a hero.

It's interesting that the show chose to portray Katara watching herself in that position and specifically show that she doesn't like it, in the same episode that they have the real Aang act like them getting together is a foregone conclusion.

In contrast, although the play changes Katara's relationship to Zuko into something romantic and lurid, they do get one thing right about it.

And that's that Katara is the one making the choices.

Of course they also ramp up the sexuality in a way that is gross, especially considering the context of this being a FN play meant to disparage the other nations, but on a meta level it's also meant to make us, the audience, feel disgusted by a woman who makes overt sexual overtures.

I've seen people (who are anti zutara) say that the play is showing Katara as the colonized woman who falls for the colonizer, but that's not what's happening here. Zuko is not portrayed as dominant by the play, and it wouldn't make sense for the FN to portray him that way, either, since one of the purposes of the play is to portray him as a weak and ridiculous traitor who is ultimately defeated. So the joke, both in-story and the one Bryke want to make at a meta level, seems to be about Katara being more dominant than Zuko. In the play, Katara says that she felt attracted to Zuko from the moment he captured her, yet Zuko is shown shrinking from her overtures. And I just have to find it interesting that this is the joke the show wants to make in an episode where the major conflict is Aang making a pushy overture towards Katara and her rejecting it.

Zutarians frequently talk about how zutara focuses on Katara's agency. I have to agree, and I don't know what the conversations about this were at the time, but I do find it suspect that the show seems to recognize this, but decided to make fun of it at the same time. The episode posits the threat that Katara might choose someone other than Aang as a major conflict in the story, shows us a Katara who feels trapped by her role as Aang's damsel, and then makes fun of her for it and expects us to root for her and Aang to get together.

Meanwhile, we also see the real Katara and Zuko get closer in a way that feels real and organic, we see them exchange banter, we see Katara confident and able to best Zuko verbally but also able to comfort him over his fears about the play, which again focuses on her as the main actor in the relationship. Although Zuko and Katara do have that one scene of them moving away from each other in reaction to being portrayed as a couple by the play, overall their relationship remains unplagued by the insecurity that the play brings out in Katara and Aang, which seems to indicate that the problems in their relationship go beyond the play's parodies and that there is actually some truth there, that Katara really does feel like she has less choice in her relationship with Aang and that Aang seems to fear her choices.

It's really not hard to see why zutara becomes appealing in that context.

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What is...

On every What is Wednesdays I will explain a trope, a rhetorical device, or a literary technique in a few sentences. Put in the comments what you would like me to explain next.

What is... a drabble?

What is... dead dove?

What is... archetypal characters?

What is… deus ex machina?

What is… whump?

What is... plot bunny?

What is... canon vs. fanon?

What is… a headcanon?

What is… a plot hole?

What is… retcon?

What is… WIP?

What is… a sequel hook?

What is… a crossover?

What is… crack?

What is… a rarepair?

What is… a red herring?

What is… fluff?

What is… smut?

What is… OOC?

What is… a missing scene?

What is… Coda?

What is… a trope?

What is… Alpha vs. Beta Reader?

What is… a cliffhanger?

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friends romans and countrymen alike i have one hell of a story for you.

this morning i was scrolling through the silly little reels on my instagram for you page, as one does, and about a good 45 minutes into this i got recommended a candle company that puts (supposedly) real diamonds in their candles.

and in my still somewhat half asleep glory i thought "this sounds absolutely ridiculous, what do i have to lose" and clicked on the website.

upon clicking on said website i was given a 10% off code that i had to use within 15 minutes so basically my mind was already made up and i decided to text brad.

so with what was probably brads approval i scrolled through the silly little website as fast as i could and decided to stick to the more classic scents since i didnt want to be stuck with something that smelled bad (although "wap" and "i hate my boss" did intrigue me briefly) and i went with "tobacco bourbon" because thats always a decent combo.

and then in a last minute decision i decided to also get "chai tea" because it sounded interesting and who knows maybe the diamonds are real.

the court should note that i did absolutely zero research on this company.

and with my 10% off on top of whatever massive sale they were having the total plus shipping came to $63.86.

brad was also very excited about this purchase and said that if the diamonds were real he may put them in my engagement ring.

so now all thats left is to wait 2-5 business days for my candles to get delivered. i have absolutely zero expectations. stay tuned.

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And I have a new ship

It's kinda cute how Argentina just sorta reaches her hand out so she can have a border with Brasil 🥰

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You gotta love that Tumblr is on the rise because of Twitter and Reddit going down, and not because Tumblr has actually done anything to really improve its website.

I personally kin with a website that accidentally and coincidentally fails upwards.

The site that wins simply by remaining upright.

We are literally this meme, posted eons ago, in our ancient texts.

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Just so we’re clear.

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Note: Street harassment is an assertion of power in many ways, not just men against women. It’s also about straight people wielding power over queer people, cis people wielding power over trans and gender non-conforming people, thin people over fat people, and more. But in the case of men harassing women, THIS is what that shit is about – not sex.

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Me!

Hypothetically, if I were to make a Discord for the Missing by Margaret Peterson Haddix, how many would join?

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Dude I am OBSESSED with this series!!! I discovered it in junior high and now as an adult I’ve finally finished the series and it is just perfect!!!!

To my dear followers may I recommend a book series thats really good imo?

It’s called Haddix the Missing and it’s a sci-fi time travel series about this kid Jonah finding out that he’s not quite in the time he’s supposed to be in. He, along with his sister and best friend, go on quite an adventure to figure this out all while doing their best to save time. It is a series for kids and I first found it while in junior high but now I’m 18 going on 19 and it’s still one of my favorites.

It has good characters both protagonists and antagonists and some good humor, along with a hint of romance for some characters but it never makes it the main plot point which I love. And while it does start off a little slow it really gets good from the 3rd book onwards, I highly recommend checking it out if you need something new to read

(It does also have a small fandom and that’s mainly why I’m trying to get more people into it so it’s not just me and three other people lmao)

Edit: it also has quite a bit of found family along with some angst and comfort scenes which is also why it’s my favorite

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so it's been about a week since i've moved from reddit to this god forsaken hell hole (tumblr) and like

i love it

i'm not going back to reddit

my RtT (redditor to tumblrina) transition is complete

i never thought i would say this but this social media (if you can call tumblr one) is actually doing wonders for my mental health

no more doom scrolling

actually interacting with humans that are just as weird as me (feel free to talk to me)

not being afraid of being myself

yeah...

i'm home.

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My little ace heart: 👍👍

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I thought this was a fucking weather warning

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So do I just like....follow...anyone? Like real people? Like the actual people and not the subject matter? That isn't like following someone to their doorstep? Why does this seem so personal???

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Old lady tries to speak my ship language and it’s SO CUTE!!!! <3

My 74 year old mentor reacting to news that I’m officially dating the guy I’ve been talking to for 6 months: Oh thank goodness I’ve spent too long...what are those letters you use when you ship someone?

Me: OTP?

Her: Yes that! I’ve spent too long OTPing you!

I’m just gonna go explode from all the cute now k thanks bye