#Bison Wares

[crimes-against-alt-fashion]

Bison Wares

Bison Wares is a small business. They mainly make crittercore and cottagecore items.

[joelsgu4tar]

JOEL MILLER FIC RECS

⇾ 18+ minors DNI, read at your own risk! ⇽

an appreciation to all my favourite writers out there you deserve all the love <3

Series

— Something To Fight For by @auteurdelabre | After a disastrous blind date you decide to stay away from the miserable Joel Miller forever...

— I Know Who You Are by @punkshort | A fall on patrol causes you to lose your long-term memory, forgetting the identities of your friends and loved ones. You have to learn all over again how to survive in a post-apocalyptic world, and you learn things about yourself along the way.

— The One You Need by @loliwrites | When you move into town hellbent on keeping everyone at arm’s length, your neighbour Joel finds his way into your life.

— By The Grit Of Sandpaper by @penvisions | An offhand comment from you inspires Joel to branch out and create helpful kitchen wares. And it seems everyone has been gifted one from him, except for you. It makes you rethink the casual friendship you had developed...

— I Wanna Be Your Lover by @shellshocklove | Miserable after losing your job, your friend drags you out to a club to dance away your sadness. on the dancefloor, you meet a handsome stranger, who then whisks you away into his fantasy world as his assistant for his porn career. what happens when the lines get blurred?

— If The Door Wasn't Shut by @heartpascal | months of travelling with Joel and Ellie come crashing down on you, the fear is suffocating.

— Stay In Bed by @psychedelic-ink | After your grandfather’s passing, you find yourself moving into his home in Texas. You meet the Millers; Tommy, his older brother Joel and his daughter Sarah. With time, you and Tommy become close friends and Sarah visits you often. But Joel…Joel keeps his distance.

— That's A Real Fucking Legacy by @wyn-n-tonic | When Tommy disappears in search of a better life with a promise to come back for you, his years of absence and the grief it leaves behind drives you and his brother closer together until the man you're sharing a bed and starting a family with is Joel Miller and not the one you always thought it would be.

One-Shots

— No Time To Die by @davosmymaster | The main difficulty of being Joel’s closest friend is not falling in love with him, but you still do. Those feelings are buried until you join him on a mission to trade supplies with Bill and Frank. With your life now hanging by a thread, Joel is determined to get you to safety, but the clock is ticking faster than he can run.

— White Lies by @poeticpascal | Joel would do anything for you. He does anything for you. And he makes sure you don't know a thing.

— Saying Thanks by @vivwritescrappythings | Joel is your grumpy patrol partner who doesn’t even talk to you in the streets of Jackson. But one night a man grabs your arm at the Tipsy Bison, and Joel’s decided he doesn’t like it.

— Soft & Sweet by @cavillscurls | You share your first kiss with the last man you ever expected: your older, grouchy, overly protective patrol partner, Joel Miller.

— Who We Are by @gracieheartspedro | Being stuck on the road with an older guy you've been crushing on for ages won't be so bad, right? wrong. because he's been pining after you, too. and one of you will have to give in eventually.

— Warm Me Up by @tightjeansjavi | While on patrol, you and Joel find yourselves caught in a treacherous snowstorm.

— Love In the Time Of Cordyceps by @sameheart-sameblood | When the world ends, you promise you'll never love again. Joel Miller makes that rule hard to stick to.

— Puppy Love by @absurdthirst | You always follow Joel Miller around, you've got his back. You're in love with him. Putting up with Tess's nickname of puppy dog, you don't realize that Joel feels for you until the end.

— Light The Flame by @yeollie-plz | Your mom moves the two of you back to Texas and attempts to reignite an old flame. What will happen when she learns his candle now burns for you?

— Best I Ever Had by @endlessthxxghts | Someone tries to hit on you on your night out with Joel, insulting your man in the process, and oh you don't like that. You blow off some steam in more ways than one.

— Make A Move On Me by @freelancearsonist | You've been teasing Joel every day since he started remodelling construction on your house. He finally works up the courage to do something about it - but not in the way you expect him to.

— Fire Walk by @motherofagony | A chance encounter at a motel has you crossing paths with a stranger in a blue t-shirt.

— Cry Baby by @psychedelic-ink | bodies have been dropping left and right in the most brutal ways in Jackson. As the relentless wave of deaths continues, your mind becomes increasingly restless. however, you find a sense of comfort and solace in the presence of Joel. who might be hiding secrets of his own.

[bisonwares]

Bison Wares has launched it's first Kickstarter! 🦬♥️

A small series of knit sweaters in various themes, check out the Kickstarter to see all the full designs!🏔️🌲

It would mean a lot if you could help share this around to help bring this project to life! 💕

Back this kickstarter here!

[highfantasy-soul]

Storylines NATLA Cut

While the 8 episodes of season 1 managed to weave together most of the plot lines (or at least themes from the episodes) from the animated show into the live action, there were a few notable storylines that were cut. I wanted to go over those plots and speculate as to why they might have been cut and whether we might see them in future seasons woven in (like how a couple things from future seasons were woven into this season).

Imprisoned

One of Katara's first big leadership moments was in episode 6 of the animated series when the Gaang stumbles upon an earth nation village taken over by the Fire Nation. All their benders had been rounded up and sent to a prison so that they couldn't fight back - the Gaang obviously get involved, plot ensues, and Katara gets herself arrested so that she can find the prison and free Haru (the earthbender she inadvertently gotten arrested). With the help of Aang and Sokka providing the earthbenders with some coal to bend, she inspires them to fight back and they free the prisoners.

I think this storyline actually naturally fits much better in book 2: Earth. The focus of season 1 of the live-action was water bending and the avatar state - I think a storyline focused on earth bender resistance fits perfectly in season 2 where we get to see even more of how oppressive Fire Nation rule is and how they're 1) seeking to take out all the other benders and 2) doing their whole imperialist thing with stealing natural resources from the populace they're colonizing.

Katara has her moment to speak on her mother with Jet in episode 3 of the live-action and I think it's a natural change to keep the rebellious side-character count manageable for now. Jet fills the role to show Katara's desire for rebellion and standing up to the fire benders and while I think the Imprisoned storyline is really important, I think they've got plenty of room to do that in season 2. A big part of that story was Katara leading people to stand up when they hadn't been before and I think there's a nice homage to that in the final episode of the live-action when she gets all the women in the North to stand up to Pakku and demand to fight.

So I don't think they've fully nixed this storyline, I think they'll include it in the Gaang's trek through the Earth Kingdom on their way to Ba Sing Se. To me, the live action is doing a better job at building the characters rather than starting out with them fully formed. Katara has learned through the first season of the live action about all different leadership styles and has grown emotionally to a point where she's not only confident in standing up against injustice, but also leading others in that fight against oppressors. I think moving her leadership skills from episode 6 of season 1 to season 2 will let us really see her journey to that point rather than just having her start there.

2. The Pirates

In the animated show, Katara doesn't get the Waterbending Scroll until episode 9 of season 1, everything she does with waterbending up until that point was just stuff she figured out herself. In the animated show, the Gaang stops and Katara starts training Aang in waterbending, he shows off and washes all their supplies away so they have to go into town to buy more. This is where Aang randomly buys a bison whistle (why a shopkeeper in the Earth Kingdom would have a bison whistle is not explored) and the group also is invited onto a pirate ship to brows their wares. Katara notices a waterbending scroll and it's far too expensive for them to buy, so Katara steals it from them (as they made it clear they stole it from its rightful owner). A main theme of this episode is showing how naturally gifted Aang is and Katara getting frustrated because she's had to work so hard for her little bit of waterbending and Aang just surpasses her immediately. Zuko and Iroh show up looking for a pai sho piece and shenanigans ensue with the Gaang fighting off both pirates and Zuko, but of course, they manage to escape.

So the two main things in this episode were 1) getting the waterbending scroll so Katara could learn more formal forms and 2) dealing with how the dynamic of the group changes as Aang easily surpasses Katara in waterbending power.

I like that the live action tied the waterbending scroll directly to Katara's family and them hiding their culture to keep it alive until the time came when they could revive it once more. I think it's a much more impactful way for her to get the scroll than just some random pirates. It also allows her to actually train from the beginning rather than just being naturally good - in the live-action, Katara really has to work at her waterbending and get help. While she's a naturally fast learner and super powerful, she needs at least some form of guidance whether that be how to get in the right spiritual mindspace for bending or the physical movements for different forms provided by the scroll. Animated Katara has already been doing very advanced moves (bending water out of Aang's lungs, lifting a fish, throwing water and freezing it, etc) and it doesn't really feel like the animated show continues to show the new stuff Katara learns from the waterbending scroll - it's just the water whip and then the scroll is forgotten (almost like this is an episodic kid's show where each story is largely self-contained and plot points rarely arc into other episodes).

As it's the episode were Aang really starts learning waterbending and they've held off on having that part of his journey in the live action for now, it makes sense that they nixed it. It's a fun character building episode, but in the grand scheme, everything accomplished here can be accomplished elsewhere (and possibly in season 2). Katara feeling a bit miffed that Aang picked everything up quickly while she had to work really hard at it can easily be moved to season 2 when they address Aang learning the new bending styles. I also like how they moved him getting the bison whistle at a random shop in this episode to Bumi having made it for Aang back when they were both kids.

Of course, they do give easter eggs for this plot as well as the great divide one in episode 6 of the live-action, so it's possible the Gaang did have similar adventures, just off-screen.

3. The Fortune Teller

I'm perfectly fine with them nixing the plot of this storyline and moving the themes of 'take destiny into your own hands, don't look to others to tell you what to do without examining their methods of determining your own destiny' and scattering it through the entire season. The hard plot sets up Kataang as a couple which I didn't particularly like, nor did I feel like it followed the actual theme of the episode. Katara is obsessed with believing everything the fortune teller predicted and for part of the story, the lesson is 'that's bull, make your own destiny, just because she said it doesn't make it true' but then when it comes to her marrying a powerful bender, suddenly that lesson is thrown out and she realizes that Aang is a powerful bender so maybe they will end up together? It felt like a lot of mixed messages with the goal of setting up a 12 year old with a 14 year old and like I've said before, I'm not a fan of child romances. Once they turn 15, ok, but 12? No.

4. Aang's part in Bato of the Water Tribe

I think it was a great beat in the animated show to have Aang so afraid that Sokka and Katara might leave him for their "real" family - then have them confirm to him that they're with him all the way. The storyline does hammer home how alone in the world Aang feels and his fear that everyone will leave him either because they have 'family' of their own or his path is just too difficult. While the character beat was good to include, I think it's too big of a character beat to be relegated to only a portion of an episode in the live-action. I think if they want to explore Aang's fear of abandonment, they'll need to spend a good deal of time on it not only because it's a big part of him but also because to this day, some fans haven't forgiven Aang for hiding that map - if they want to do it justice, we're going to need more than a quick blurb to understand Aang's motivations and give the audience time to forgive him. 

I'm glad they took Sokka's part of that episode and gave him the spotlight - and the spotlight could remain on celebrating Water Tribe culture rather than having Aang in the background making throwing up faces at everything. I think that the live action can still add in the ideas around Aang's insecurity over Katara and Sokka leaving him to go back to their people, and if they add it into season 2, I think it'll hit even harder after already seeing Bato in that season 1 flashback.

5. Sokka's Strategies

 20 episodes in the animated show gave Sokka a lot of opportunity to come up with unique strategies to win in unexpected ways such as using explosives to 'open' the door to Roku's temple, the ventilation shafts to get the coal to the earth benders in Imprisoned, and him tricking the pirates into fighting Zuko and co. While at first, I thought not having so much of that in the live-action was taking away from Sokka's character, on a re-watch, I realized that they didn't remove it, they actually gave the origin for it. Sokka's character journey in season 1 of the live-action was about him accepting that he could be more than 'just' a big strong warrior to help his people, he was allowed to explore his ingenuity too. It's only after he meets Sai the Mechanist that he starts to come up with plans to get them out of situations or form battle strategies. I think it was a great, subtle, way to show Sokka coming into his own and beginning to come up with great plans alongside his warrior skills.

I know some fans of the OG show absolutely love every side quest - and more screen time in plots that aren't all that important give a lot of space for character 'down time bonding' that a tighter story structure just doesn't have room for. I think that most of the animated show's character beats and lessons in each of their episodes was really good (with a few exceptions - one of which in The Great Divide I think the live action actually took and made much BETTER) but when making an adaptation in a completely different format, stuff is just going to have to be left on the cutting room floor.

I LOVE everything the live action added in it's place (expanding Aang and Zuko's conversation during the Blue Spirit section of episode 6, all the Fire Nation royal family stuff, everything about Gyatzo, and Sokka and Katara's spirit visions) so I'll forgive leaving out some beats from the OG. I still think that several of these storylines will make their way into season 2 in one way or another, so I'm holding off on fully declaring them 'nixed' from the live action.

[mothshrub]

I'm v bummed because a post I really liked that listed a bunch of places to find cool nicknacks and apparel and now I can't find it anywhere. I've done my best to make something to share the links I still had floating around and add some new ones that I think people might like, but otherwise I hope whoever posted that old one is having a good time.

Pins and Misc

KavkaPins (Pins) (Animals, soil hardness themed)

Hannah Comstock (Pins, Stickers, Patches, Sketches) (Monsters themed)

ChocolateRaisinUK (Pins, Stickers, Beanies, Lens Cloths, etc) (Animals, fandom)

Atomic Pixies (Pins, Prints, Webcomics, Hair and Lapel jewelry)(Fantasy, nature, cryptids, fandom)

Hashtagart (Pins, Prints, Patches, Keychains, etc) (Fandom, skeletons/plants)

Visionary Vultures (Pins, other jewelry) (Birds)

LeChaillaudArt (Prints, Stickers) (Nature)

Little Crows (stickers, ceramics are there but sold out) (Crow themed)

HydraWorks (Stickers, has done cute ceramics but out ofstock) (nature)

Clothes

Morningwitch (Nature and witchy)

CostureroReal (Fantasy and nature)

Hawkwatch International (Bird-watching)

Fresh Hot Flavors (Nature,witchy, lgbt)

Bison Wares (Nature, pop culture)

Idle Talons (nature themed silverwork)

Cognitive Surplus (huge array of science-themed stuff)

Umvvelt (Ocean)

Liberty Graphics (Science and nature)

Uncommon Goods (Various, including nature)

CiaoQiao (nature, glitz)

Maya Kern (nature, dnd)

Ocean Hughes (cute nature)

WitchVamp (witchy)

Midnight Hour (goth)

Ceramics

Moldspace (weird lil guys)

Kness (animals)

Ponypeople (cats)

CathrinFehu (nature)

The Kind Earth Witch (witchy and nature)

Nymla (nature--Tryptophobia warning for some of the first few)

Studio Mimmi (cats)

HeyWitch (nature, medieval)

[battle-of-alberta]

Alberta is often called the Texas of Canada. But have you instead thought of it as Texas being the Alberta of America?

I've been letting this sit in the ask box for well over a year for which I apologize, so I guess I put a little more effort into fleshing it out to make up for the wait. I started really overthinking it and I wanted to do a lot more reading than I was ultimately able to and decided, screw it, I'll just take a little chunk of the question.

Texas (Stella) belongs to my dear Texan friend @thisnameisquitequeer who has been a sympathetic ear over the years to my ranting and raving and who has been a part of numerous conversations about the frustrations of being in the state/province constantly being painted in a stereotypical loud/dumb/redneck fashion.

Initially I wanted to talk more about that (including my frustrations with people here appropriating symbols like the Confederate flag for dumb reasons) in this ask but I decided to just narrow the scope to say that Texan culture and reputation, obviously, precedes whatever passes for those things here by quite a lot. I have done a little reading on ranching history in Alberta, but I need to read more about the relationship via the growth of the oil industry to say more about that.

Some more explanations and notes below.

tldr but I don't think anyone thinks of Texas as anything but Texas

"not so much for pretty" is a quote from Charlie Russel, famous cowboy painter that Calvin is high key obsessed with, describing the difference between the two types of cowboys on either side of the Rockies.

fun fact: the cattle that eventually became Texas longhorns were dropped off in the areas by the Spanish in the 1500s- by the mid 1800s, these free ranging cattle were rounded up and driven northwards (with some obvious interruption during the American Civil War). Usually, they would be sent upriver to Missouri and reach Fort Benton, Montana before they were sold to Alberta ranchers.

Alberta ranch land was relatively "untouched" compared to the devastation in Montana and Utah, so a few ranchers including McIntyre mentioned above took the risk to drive their cattle across the border.

(by untouched y'know i mean having the people and the bison forced off it, but here we are.)

I got to visit John Ware's cabin this past June, which was a treat! The park obviously is not the cabin's original location, but you can still get some idea of what it might have been like back then.

"American cowboys, coming to work on Alberta ranches, shed their six-shooters at the border like leaves in the fall" is a quote from Pincher Creek area rancher F.W. Godsal

Some other famous Texans in Alberta included John Lamar, who was a legendary gunman and cowboy and got in a famous gunfight with John McKay in the streets of Lethbridge. Lamar shot McKay twice before McKay had a chance to aim, and then turned himself into the authorities (who ultimately decided he was in the right and let him go). There was also Johnny Franklin who was considered "the greatest bronc rider in the province", and Lige Abel, a black cowboy and famously strong, winning a bet that he couldn't walk a mile with an iron rail on his shoulder.

Anyway, to settle the question, ask random people where they think the biggest rodeo in the world probably is and see how many of them say Texas even though the answer is Alberta :) our reputation is still in its infancy, I guess.

[modifiedyincision]

My mother and i keep looking at that gd bison wares jacket. Like shouldd we

[kagender]

8 and 33 🥌

favourite show to binge.... well im not really a binge watcher, i can only stomach like 2-3 episodes if something before i get exhausted or feel bad for not doing something more productive like drawing (missing drawing time is TERRIBLE for me!! trust!!) but during the very start of my interest in keroro i would watch multiple episodes a day whenever possible..... it was like a comfort food to me and still is. joyous aliens!!!

as for my wardrobe, i dont really care about looking good, but ohhh if i had infinite money i would buy so much sick furry clothing. not only to support independent stores but just bc some of the stuff furries put out is SOO cool. im currently trying to save up for a leather jacket even! i havent woren one in years, but i was sold because of the design. its the werewolf jacket from bison wares, recently shared on their twitter :3 i also want the howl out animal tags so i can be cringe and free......

[rausule]

Teenwoordigheid Almagtige Geregtigheid

beroemde generaals is gedwing om aan te dring om 'n gehoor te kry; pragtige prinsesse van vreemde lande het ingestem om haar eers te sien wanneer sy beskikbaar was: en die blote sterfling het geen hoop gehad om verby die salon en dr. Sutherland te kom nie. Trouens, die onvermoeide dissipel het nooit die Nagtegaal verlaat nie. Hy is dalk ongeduldig of ontevrede, maar hy het net daar gebly. Met sy onherstelbare inkonsekwentheid van denke, soos sy dit genoem het, het hy tot die einde aan haar diens bly staan. Een keer, dit is waar, het hy dit gewaag om vakansie te hou; maar hy is dadelik teruggeroep en het nie die poging herhaal nie. Sy teenwoordigheid was nodig op die grondvloer. Terwyl hy daar gesit het, het hy sake gedoen, briewe beantwoord, met besoekers gesels en 'n ongelooflike aantal klein notas uitgeruil met die onsigbare krag hierbo. Soms is hy ingelig dat juffrou Nightingale goed genoeg was om een ​​van die besoekers te ontvang. Die gelukkige een is met die trappe begelei en bewend die halfdonker kamer ingelei; later sou hy natuurlik nooit weer die ontmoeting vergeet nie

Baie selde, miskien een of twee keer per jaar, maar niemand kon heeltemal seker wees nie, sou die Nagtegaal in absolute geheimhouding uitgaan vir 'n koetsrit in die park. Die lewende legende het vir 'n oomblik verby gevlieg voor almal se blik, en is nie herken nie. En die voorsorgmaatreël was meer as nodig, want tydens een of ander openbare diens kon die woord van haar teenwoordigheid versprei word, en sommige dames, wat in die skare vir haar verwar is, is gevolg, geruk en heftig gesmeek. Laat my aan jou skaal raak, het hulle gesê, laat my aan jou arm raak. Die mense het hierdie vreemde vorm van aanbidding vir haar gereserveer, hierdie geweldige reserwe van krag was tot haar beskikking, maar sy het verkies om dit nooit te gebruik nie. Soms het hy wenke of bedekte dreigemente gemaak; sy kon die swaard van Damokles met 'n woord oor die bison se kop swaai, met 'n blik, sy kon die een of ander hardnekkige predikant, een of ander moeilik smeebare onderkoning, wat saam met haar in die gehoor in haar kamertjie op die eerste verdieping sit, herinner dat sy was iets meer as net 'n siek vrou, en dit sou so te sê genoeg gewees het om na die venster te gaan, 'n sakdoek te waai om ... skrikwekkende gevolge uit te lok. Maar dit was nie nodig om so ver te gaan nie, het hulle dadelik verstaan. Die mite was daar voor die hand liggend, boosaardig, ontwykend, en so het dit gebly tot die einde toe.

Sy het staatsmanne en goewerneurs altyd by haar gehad, magtige provinsies aan haar voete, buitelandse regerings wat angstig op haar advies gewag het, hospitale wat gebou moes word, verpleegsters wat opgelei moes word, en tog het sy gevoel sy het nog nie genoeg om te doen nie. Hy het daarna gestreef om nuwe wêrelde te verower, horisonne te verskuif. Hy kyk rond: wat was daar nog? Natuurlik! Die filosofie! Na die wêreld van aksie, dié van denke. Nadat die gesondheid van die Britse leër vasgestel is, wou hy nou dieselfde diens lewer aan die godsdienstige oortuigings van die mans. Met spyt het sy besef dat die neiging na vryheid van denke onder die vakmanne versprei. En met spyt, maar uiteindelik, nie met verbasing nie, moes die oorsake opgespoor word in die moderne leer van die Christendom, dit was geensins immuun teen gebreke nie. Sy sou onderneem het om dit reg te stel, sy sou die onvolmaakthede van die Kerke reggemaak het, sy sou daardie punte uitgelig het waarop die Christendom in die fout geraak het en sy sou aan die vakmanne verduidelik het wat die ware werklikheid is. Hy het daardie werk begin voordat hy na die Krim vertrek het, en nou, in die pouses tussen een verlowing en 'n ander, was hy besig om dit te voltooi. Sy werk. Suggestions for Thought to the Searchers after Truth among the Artisans of England (1860), verduidelik in drie indrukwekkende volumes die moeilikhede, wat tot dusver vreemd onopgelos is, met betrekking tot die volgende onderwerpe: geloof in God, die skeppingsprojek. die oorsprong van die bose, die ewige lewe, noodsaaklikheid en vrye wil, goddelike wet en die aard van moraliteit. Veral die oorsprong van die bose het geen verwarring by haar gewek nie. “Ons kan nie dink dat die Almagtige Geregtigheid sal vind nie

[dashiram]

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[tberg-de]

Nationalparks in Deutschland - 16 Blogger geben mir ihre Tipps!

Hast du Lust in den 16 Nationalparks in Deutschland die Natur entdecken und erleben zu können? Dann komm mit mir auf die Reise und hole dir Inspirationen für deine nächsten Abenteuer. In meinem Beitrag erzählen mir 16 befreundete Blogger über ihren liebsten Nationalpark.

Warum gibt es Nationalparks? Dem Massentourismus ist sehr viel Natur zum Opfer gefallen. Der Versuch des Menschen, der Unwirtlichkeit der Städte und der Industriegesellschaft in eine "intakte" Natur für die kostbarsten Wochen des Jahres zu entfliehen, misslang gründlich. Denn der Ruhe, Entspannung und Naturgenuss suchende Mensch wurde im Touristikboom schnell wieder in die Massen einbezogen und beinahe zu einer Ware "degradiert". Der zähe Brei des Massentourismus wälzt sich, fortlaufend seine eigenen Existenzgrundlagen zerstörend, immer weiter hinaus bis in die letzten Winkel dieser Erde. Schutzgebiete und vor allem auch Nationalparke, in denen wenigstens in Teilen die Natur sich selbst überlassen ist, sollen dieser Zerstörung Einhalt gebieten. Hier werden zum Schutze der Natur und ihrer Prozesse, aber auch zur Wahrung einer Hinterlassenschaft für die gesamte Menschheit Regeln aufgestellt. Bei richtiger Umsetzung, Information und Anwendung zum Nutzen der Natur und ihrer Besucher gleichermaßen. Nicht der Mensch soll ausgesperrt werden, sondern er soll vielmehr als Betrachter und Lernender aktiv werden können. Nicht umsonst bringen nicht wenige der Nationalparks ihren Staaten mehr harte Währung ein, als eine Umwidmung der Flächen zu anderen Formen der Nutzung.

Die Nationalparkidee Beim Wort "Nationalpark" denkt Otto-Normalverbraucher vielleicht an die großen Reservate in Afrika oder Nordamerika, vielleicht noch an den Regenwald. Kaum jemand erwartet solcherart Nationalparks in Deutschland. Zwar gibt es im dichtbesiedelten Deutschland keine unberührte Natur mehr. Dennoch gibt es Gebiete, in denen sich - durch unterschiedliche Gründe bedingt - letzte Reste ursprünglicher Wildnis erhalten hat. Als Nationalpark geschützt, ist sich jetzt hier die Natur meistens wieder selbst überlassen. Die Idee zur Begründung eines Nationalparks entstand im letzten Drittel des vergangenen Jahrhunderts in den USA und führte hier im Jahr 1872 mit dem Park von Yellowstone zum ersten Nationalpark weltweit. Es ist schon erstaunlich, dass ausgerechnet in einem mit ursprünglicher Naturlandschaft so großräumig gesegnetem Land wie Nordamerika eine derartige Schutzgebietsidee ihren weltweiten Anfang nehmen sollte. Naheliegender wäre es doch gewesen, wenn man im weit dichter besiedelten Mitteleuropa eine Notwendigkeit zum Erhalt letzter größerer Naturgebiete gesehen hätte; schließlich war hier ursprüngliche Wildnis viel begrenzter vorhanden. Aber die rasante Erschließung und kulturelle Unterwerfung der nordamerikanischen Weiten, die Umwandlung der Prärien mit ihren Bisons in Farmland oder Weideland mit Rinderherden und die Ausrottung der Ureinwohner oder deren Vertreibung in Indianerreservate brachte mehr und mehr Menschen zum Nachdenken. Dieser Gedankenansatz markiert eine Trendwende, die nicht auf die USA beschränkt bleiben sollte. Bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt hatte der Mensch der technischen Zivilisation zur urwüchsigen Natur eine durchweg feindliche Abwehrhaltung eingenommen und in seiner früheren Geschichte auch notgedrungen und selbstverständlich einnehmen müssen. Ursprüngliche Natur musste schließlich beständig in Form wilder Tiere abgewehrt werden, kultivierbare Landschaft musste dem Wildbewuchs abgerungen und urbar gemacht, reißende Gewässer mussten gezähmt und unsichere Küsten bedeicht werden.

Nationalparks in Deutschland Das deutsche Naturschutzrecht behandelt den Nationalpark im Rahmen eines speziellen Paragraphen und grenzt ihn damit eindeutig gegenüber einer anderen Gebietskategorie, dem Naturpark, ab. Während letzterer vorrangig einer naturbezogenen Erholung zugedacht ist und dabei neben Erholungslandschaft auch ausgewiesene Naturschutzgebiete in seiner Fläche enthalten kann, ist der Nationalpark großräumig vorrangig für Naturschutz bzw. möglichst gering beeinflusste Naturabläufe als Schutzgebietskategorie vorgesehen. Naturschutzgebiete sind per Gesetz zwar auch vorrangig für den Naturschutz zu erhalten und zu entwickeln, vielfältige Nutzungen wie eine gesetzlich pauschal als ordnungsgemäß (im Sinne von naturverträglich) eingestufte Land- und Forstwirtschaft oder eine fischereiwirtschaftliche wie auch jagdliche Nutzung erfolgen durchweg in allen, auch den größeren, Naturschutzgebieten und sind auch jeweils über die zugehörige Schutzverordnung gestattet. Beim Nationalpark ist hingegen der menschliche Rückzug aus großen Anteilen (Reservatsbereichen) und die Etablierung einer weitestgehenden Eigendynamik natürlicher Abläufe die Zielrichtung. Damit ist ein Nationalpark auch etwas grundsätzlich anderes als ein größeres Naturschutzgebiet oder eine Gruppe mehrerer in Reichweite zueinander liegender Naturschutzgebiete. Die 16 Nationalparks in Deutschlands schützen mit ihrer Gesamtfläche von 1.047.859 Hektar (Stand 2020) allerdings nur 0,6% der Fläche der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Welche Nationalparks gibt es in Deutschland? (Zeit)reise zu Deutschlands Nationalparks Deutschlands erste Nationalparke entstanden ab Ende der 60er Jahre: 1970 war es mit der Gründung des Nationalpark Bayrischer Wald endlich soweit. Nach einer Pause von acht Jahren folgte 1978 der Nationalpark Berchtesgaden, und in den Jahren 1985, 1986 und 1990 wurden die drei deutschen Wattenmeernationalparks von Schleswig-Holstein, Niedersachsen und Hamburg geschaffen. Mit der Wiedervereinigung kamen 1990 dann die fünf weiteren Nationalparke Sächsische Schweiz, Müritz, Hochharz, Jasmund und Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft hinzu. Danach standen zwei Prozent der Fläche Deutschlands unter Nationalparkschutz, wobei allerdings erhebliche Flächenanteile durch Wattenmeer und Flachwasserküstenbereiche beigesteuert werden. 1994 kamen in Niedersachsen der Harz, 1995 das Untere Odertal hinzu und 1997 der Hainich und die Elbtalaue (1999 wurde diese Verordnung für ungültig erklärt). 2004 folgten die Eifel und der Kellerwald, 2014 der Schwarzwald und 2015 der Nationalpark Hunsrück-Hochwald. Die beiden Harzer Nationalparke stehen seit 2006 als Nationalpark Harz unter einheitlichem Schutz. 16 befreundete Blogger erzählen mir von "ihrem" Nationalpark. Komm mit mir auf Entdeckungstour! Nationalpark Bayrischer Wald

Tip und Foto von Biggi und Flo von Phototravellers.de Der Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald nimmt eine besondere Rolle ein: das Schutzgebiet an der Grenze zu Tschechien ist seit 1970 Deutschlands erster Nationalpark. Und nicht nur das: Zusammen mit dem benachbarten Böhmerwald bildet der Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald sogar die größte zusammenhängende Waldfläche in Mitteleuropa. Naturfreunde kommen voll auf ihre Kosten: Ein ganz besonderer Tipp ist der Baumwipfelpfad, der dich über die Baumkronen bringt. Mit einer Länge von 1300 Metern zählt der Baumwipfelpfad im Bayerischen Wald zu einem der längsten der Welt. Der Nationalpark bietet auch geführte Touren durch dieses Naturparadies an. Ein Ranger erzählt auf der spannenden Wanderung durch den „Woid“ allerlei Wissenswertes. Ein weiteres Highlight ist das Freilichtmuseum in Finsterau. Hier findest du originalgetreu erhaltene und wieder aufgebaute Bauernhöfe. Du kannst in alte Höfe hineinschauen, durch Wohnungen laufen, die original eingerichtet sind. Absolut sehenswert! Wenn du magst, schnappst du dir das Rad oder das E-Bike und machst einen Radausflug zum Freilichtmuseum. Auch ein Besuch einer Glashütten – etwa die Poschinger Hütte – oder eines Glas-Ateliers ist ein Muss. Die Glasbläser-Kunst geht im Bayerischen Wald auf eine lange Tradition zurück. Ein Spaß für die ganze Familie ist die Tour durch das historische Besucherbergwerk Bodenmais. Die Führung bringt dich 800 Meter in den Barbarastollen hinein. Einen Abstecher lohnt auch das Tier-Freigehege. Hier gibt es unter anderem Bären zu bestaunen. Wanderfans sollten einen Abstecher auf den Lusen machen. Der Blick vom Lusen gehört zu den schönsten im Bayerischen Wald. Noch mehr spannende Sehenswürdigkeiten findest du auf Phototravellers.de Biggi und Flo schreiben auf ihrem Reiseblog Phototravellers.de über die Themen Reisen, Outdoor und Fotografie. Seit 2018 betreiben die beiden ihren Blog hauptberuflich. Nationalpark Berchtesgaden

Tip und Foto von Steffi von a daily travel mate Der Nationalpark Berchtesgaden ist der einzige deutsche Alpen-Nationalpark. Er liegt ganz im Südosten von Deutschland im bayerischen Landkreis Berchtesgadener Land. Wer hohe Berge und wunderschöne Naturlandschaften liebt, der wird sich hier wohl fühlen. Bekannt ist der Nationalpark vor allem wegen des Königssees mit seinen Elektro-Booten und dem berühmte Foto-Motiv der am See gelegenen Kirche Bartholomä. Hier können sich jung und alt an der atemberaubenden Kulisse erfreuen. Für geübte Bergsteiger führt fast kein Weg am Watzmann vorbei, dem 2.713 Meter hohen Wahrzeichen der Berchtesgadener Landes. Bei einer Wanderung im Steinernen Meer fühlt man sich eher wie auf einem anderen Planeten, statt in den Alpen. Auch die Wimbachklamm ist einen Besuch wert. Der Nationalpark Berchtesgaden kann vor allen Dingen eines: Spektakulär! Leider ist es dort auch häufig spektakulär voll. Over-Tourism ist für den Nationalpark kein unbekanntes Thema. Persönlich hatten wir bei unserer Wanderung zum Obersee Glück. Coronabedingt waren die Grenzen noch zu und es hat nicht viele Deutsche Urlauber Anfang Juni in diese Ecke des Landes verschlagen. Mein Tipp: Fahrkarten für die Bootsfahrt auf dem Königssee online reservieren und so früh wie möglich starten. Meine Bitte: Passt auf die Natur auf und nehmt euren Müll wieder mit. Mein Fazit: Nicht umsonst ist der Nationalpark Berchtesgaden ein Touristen-Magnet. Ein wunderschönes Fleckchen Erde bei uns in Deutschland. Steffi reist und wandert mit ihrer Familie und auf ihrem Blog a daily travel mate gibt es unzählige Tipps für aktive Familien. (www.adailytravelmate.com). Nationalpark Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer

Tip und Foto von Kathrin & Kristin von travelinspired.de Der Wechsel von Ebbe und Flut im Nationalpark Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer fasziniert uns immer wieder aufs Neue. Bei jeder Ebbe gibt die Nordsee den Blick auf das Watt und seine winzigen Lebewesen frei. Dazu gehören auch die Small Five des Wattenmeeres - Wattwurm, Herzmuschel, Wattschnecke, Strandkrabbe und Nordseegarnele. Sie sind perfekt an ihren Lebensraum angepasst und überleben neben dem ständigen Wechsel der Gezeiten sowohl Hitze als auch Frost. Na, neugierig geworden? Am besten erkundest du diesen spannenden Nationalpark auf einer geführten Wattwanderung. Dabei hast du die Wahl zwischen kürzeren Touren, die dich einfach nur ein Stück ins Watt hineinführen oder längeren Wanderung mit festem Ziel. Eine ganz besondere Tour, die wir dir sehr empfehlen können, ist die Wattwanderung von Hallig Hooge nach Pellworm. Dort ist schon ein bisschen Kondition gefordert, da das Zeitfenster für die Überquerung kein langes Trödeln erlaubt. Dafür tauchst du hier aber so richtig ein ins Watt, fühlst die verschiedenen Untergründe unter deinen Füßen von Schlick über Sand bis hin zu Muschelbänken und durchquerst einen tiefen Priel. Wir waren restlos begeistert von dieser Tour! Natur pur! Besonders schön ist eine Wattwanderung natürlich bei gutem Wetter, wenn die Sonne das Wasser glitzern lässt oder die Wolken sich im Watt spiegeln. Mehr Infos und Fotos findest du in unserem Erfahrungsbericht zur Wattwanderung in Schleswig-Holstein. Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer

Tip und Foto von Andrea von indigo-blau.de Was, das soll ein Nationalpark sein? Plattes Land, grauer Schlick und Meer, das die Hälfte der Zeit nicht da ist? So könnte man die Nordsee auch sehen. Doch unsere Küste zwischen Cuxhaven und Emden kann mehr als nur grauer Schlick und Grünstrand. Sie ist ein wichtiger Rastplatz für Zugvögel, die grade jetzt im Herbst zu Millionen ins Watt kommen. Nur weil es eben Ebbe und Flut gibt und dadurch viele Würmer und Krustentiere so gut zu finden sind, ist es vielen Vögeln überhaupt möglich, in ihre Winterquartiere zu kommen. Sie fressen sich schlichtweg den Speck an, den sie für die lange Reise brauchen. Löffler, Säbelschnäbler, Austernfischer und Kiebitze lassen sich dort ebenso beobachten wie Möwen- und Entenschwärme. Der Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer – ein Paradies für Vogelkundler. Doch nicht nur für sie. Wo kann man schon auf dem Meeresgrund zu Inseln wandern? In Ostfriesland geht es, etwa auf die Inseln Baltrum oder Spiekeroog führen Wattwanderungen, die nicht nur Spaß machen, sondern auch das Gefühl mit sich bringen, das man sonst nur von Gipfelbesteigungen in den Alpen kennt: Etwas Neues entdeckt zu haben. Besonders schön an der Niedersächsischen Nordsee sind natürlich die Ostfriesischen Inseln, aber auch Carolinensiel oder Neuharlingersiel bieten sich als Ausgangsposition für die Gegend an. Und dann einfach mal ein Fahrrad leihen und die Gegend hinter den Deichen erkunden. Das ist vor allem im Herbst schön, weil die Luft voller Vogelgeschnatter ist. Andrea Lammert bloggt auf www.indigo-blau.de über nachhaltige Reiseziele in der Nähe. Die niedersächsische Autorin schreibt Reiseführer für verschiedene Verlage, unter anderem DuMont oder Merian, dabei hat sie auch schon über Ostfriesland geschrieben. Meine Erlebnisse im Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer kannst du hier nachlesen: - Faszinierende Vogelbeobachtungen beim Vogelzug - Die Schweinswale in Wilhelmshaven Nationalpark Hamburgisches Wattenmeer

Tip und Foto von Britta von myhappyplaces.de Hamburgs Exklave in der Nordsee kennen nur die wenigsten, befindet sich die Hansestadt doch viele Kilometer landeinwärts an der Elbe. Tatsächlich liegt ein kleiner Teil der Stadt aber im Wattenmeer nordwestlich von Cuxhaven. Seit 1990 gibt es hier den Nationalpark Hamburgisches Wattenmeer, der zum Unesco-Weltnaturerbe zählt. Neben den Wattgebieten gehören vor allem die Insel Neuwerk und die Düneninseln Scharhörn und Nigehörn zum Nationalpark - und die Wanderung durchs Wattenmeer zählt zu einen der spannendsten Touren, die man in Hamburg machen kann. Bei Niedrigwasser läufst du von Cuxhaven aus die zwölf Kilometer nach Neuwerk - ein Abenteuer bei dem du direkt auf dem Meeresboden unterwegs bist. Bei einer geführten Tour mit Wattführer bekommst du unterwegs Einblicke ins Weltnaturerbe Wattenmeer, aber auch auf einer individuellen Wanderung kannst du mit Wattwürmern und Strandkrabben auf Tuchfühlung gehen. Auf Hamburgs Wattenmeerinsel Neuwerk findest du dann Natur pur und ganz viel Ruhe. Die meisten Gäste kommen für einen Tagesausflug nach Neuwerk, es lohnt sich aber auf jeden Fall, über Nacht zu bleiben und das Inselfeeling zu genießen. Zurück aufs Festland kommst du am nächsten Tag entweder wieder zu Fuß durchs Watt – oder du reservierst dir einen Platz in einem der Wattwagen. Und auch eine Fähre verbindet Neuwerk und Cuxhaven. Auf MyHappyPlaces nimmt Britta ihre Leser mit zu ihren Lieblingsplätzen rund um den Globus. Ob Kurzurlaub, Städtereise, Roadtrip oder Mikroabenteuer vor der Haustür – in den Geschichten auf My Happy Places gibt es viele Inspiration und zahlreiche Ideen und Tipps für die nächste eigene Tour. Nationalpark Jasmund

Tip und Foto von Sandra von tracksandthecity.de Der Touristen-Hotspot Nummer 1 auf Rügen und wohl auch einer der schönsten Orte auf dieser Erde ist der Königsstuhl im Nationalpark Jasmund. Die weltberühmte Kreideküste fasziniert die Menschen seit jeher – vom Künstler Caspar David Friedrich, der die Kreidefelsen in seinen Gemälden verewigte bis zu den 270.000 Read the full article

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(The kids are outside having a Bob-Omb Slot Car Derby. While Snake’s happy that they’re having fun, the noise is killing him. He’s currently hiding in a box, desperately trying to drown the noise out.)

Snake: Oh, man. If they get any louder, I’ll probably end up blowing up like a Bob-Omb! Ok, ok, ok, calm down, Snake. Maybe you can drown the sound out with a little TV. Nothing a little TV couldn’t solve…except for that one incident with the psychic kids’ brains being sneezed out for death tanks.

(Snake turns on the TV and turns the volume all the way up. He quickly closes the door, closes the windows, and puts headphones on so the sound won’t rupture his eardrums. First, he sees a bunch of Bob-Ombs on a conveyor belt in a factory.)

Toadette (vo): It is here that the Bob-Ombs reach their final stage of assembly. 

(Channel Change! Next, Snake sees ten Rabbids screaming at ten Bob-Ombs in the dump they reside at. From the looks of it, the Bob-Ombs can’t take any more of their screaming.)

Bob-Omb: Aw, man, it’s so annoying! WE CAN’T TAKE THIS ANYMORE!!!

(Cue the Bob-Ombs exploding, leaving the dump a crater and all ten of the Rabbids charred. One of them coughs. Enter Barbara, with an annoyed look on her face.)

Barbara (exasperated):I told you guys not to scream at the Bob-Ombs.

(Channel Change! Next, Snake sees Shulk dressed as an old professor while talking about an equation on a whiteboard. One of the shapes the equation represents is a Bob-Omb.)

Shulk: And said equation is illustrated perfectly here by this Bob-Omb. 

(Channel Change! Snake sees two Bob-Ombs dressed in the police uniforms from Astral Chain.)

Pauline (vo, singing): Bob-Omb Police!

(Channel Change! Snake then sees a soap opera with the characters being portrayed by Lucas and Ashley, both of them blushing.)

Lucas: Well, the thing is, Ashe…I couldn’t really afford a present for you this year, so I got you this Bob-Omb. 

(He holds up a Bob-Omb, while wincing in preparation for Ashley’s incoming wrath. Instead she kisses him on the cheek, much to Lucas’s surprise.)

Ashley: Oh, I just love him, Lucas! Besides, that’s what Red & I got you! 

(She also holds up a Bob-Omb. Lucas and Ashley kiss.)

Ashley:Merry Christmas, Lucas.

(As Lucas and Ashley continue to kiss, the Bob-Ombs start blushing.)

Snake: ISN’T THERE ANYTHING ON THAT ISN’T ABOUT BOB-OMBS?! 

(Channel Change! This time, Snake sees the Shadaloo Weapon Bay, where Bison, Balrog, Vega, FANG, and Juri are conversing about their next villainous plan.)

Juri: A few more attacks at the Mushroom Kingdom’s bases and Peach’ll break and reveal the location of the Power Moons. It’s only a matter of time.

Snake: (chuckles in hope) Heh-heh. Well, I guess this is okay. I mean, it’s not really real, and it’s not about Bob-Ombs so that’s a plus. 

Bison: Shifting gears completely, how’s our newest weapon to put Mute City under our control going?

FANG: Oh, just splendidly, Bison! That foolish hedgehog Sonic sent it to us just this morning! And the best part? It’s completely and utterly fueled…by Bob-Ombs! AHAHAHAHAHA!!!

(The weapon of course being cannons that fire Bob-Ombs at incredibly high speeds. These cannons are all over Shadaloo’s new throneship.)

Bison: Perfect!! With these weapons, we can turn Mute City into a pile of ashes in seconds! But how about a little test-run first? 

Balrog: But where are we gonna fire it?

Bison: Simple…Suzaku Castle! We’re going to give Ryu and his friends our regards as we conquer this pathetic little universe!

(With that, the Shadaloo throneship flies closeby Suzaku Castle. Ryu sees the throneship, and texts Sonic.)

Ken: Ryu, are you sure this’ll work?

Ryu: Knowing the fact that Sonic and I spent weeks planning this out, it will. Just trust me.

(The cannons lock on to the Castle as Ryu and his friends look onwards with both determination and worry. As the cannons prepare to fire at Suzaku Castle…)

Balrog: Wait…boss. The cannons ain’t firing!

Bison: What?! FANG, are they jammed already?!

(FANG just looks at a status screen nervously.)

Bison: FANG?!

FANG: Uh…no, sir. It looks like the cannons have…well…

Vega: Uh…Bison? It looks like the Bob-Omb cannons have been set to self-destruct. The explosions caused by the cannons, as well as the Bob-Ombs’ explosions, are most likely to take the entire ship with them.

Bison: Well, turn them off!

Juri: We tried that! The cannons just don’t want to turn themselves off for some reason.

Bison: But how is this-

(Balrog gets a text from Sonic. His face turns to intense fear.)

Bison: Balrog! 

Balrog: Uhh, boss…

Bison: What is it?!

Balrog: I just got a text from Sonic.

Bison: Well, whatever it says can’t possibly be worse than this!

Balrog: Uhh…well…

Bison: Just show it! Sonic’s probably just gloating about this happening!

(Balrog shows the text…and everyone onboard, including Bison, is horrified.)

Sonic’s text: Omae wa mou shindeiru.

Bison: Oh, no.

(With that, the cannons, as well as the Bob-Ombs, explode, turning the ship into a massive scrapheap. Ryu and Ken are amazed at what just happened. Snake, however, is in stunned silence. After a few seconds, the heroes in the Smash Mansion and the Assist Trophy Apartments are seen carrying Sonic and Ryu up like a cheering crowd, chanting their names. After Snake processes all of this, he just throws his hands up, with the remote falling on the floor.) 

Snake: I give up.

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Aang’s eyebrows pulled together in quick irritation. “What did you say?”

The night had grown dark among the trees behind the small knot of earth kingdom soldiers gathered around the campfire. It had rained earlier in the day, the ground around the camp still squishing wetly as evidence. The group circled rather closely around the fire, as much to dry off as to enjoy one another’s company as they laughed raucously. No one seemed to notice the Avatar’s sudden shift in mood as they continued to talk and joke.

This group of men represented a small military team assembled to travel from Ba Sing Se to the earth kingdom town of Lin’ah, a squat little village somewhere in the northern forests that, over the past few years, had received some harassment by an opportunist clan to the east. The clan had demanded a mandatory tribute from the townspeople, who had been left vulnerable since the removal of Fire Nation troops at the end of the war. The people of Lin’ah had been happy to be rid of the Fire Nation, but when the troops went, the town was left weakened and defenseless.

The town was small and remote enough that not until now, nearly ten years after the end of the war, was their plight finally brought to the Earth King’s notice and deemed worthy of attention. In fact, it likely still would not have been deemed worthy of royal intervention at all if it weren’t for a desperate twelve year old girl who had grabbed the hand of the Avatar’s fiancé in a market, begging for her help to plead with the Avatar for mercy to save her family and her town. Not long afterwards, King Kuei took a “particular interest” in Lin’ah, and the injustices happening there.

Aang had been traveling with this small company of soldiers for the last week, and had become familiar with each man, beginning to consider them as friends. Overall they were a simple lot, coming from humble backgrounds and spending their professional lives in the military. For some, the end of the war, although welcome news, had thrown an air of uncertainty on their future careers that professional soldiers had not known in one hundred years.

One of the men, Lang, a sergeant not more than a year or two older than Aang (if you don’t count Aang’s iceberg years) and who had been in the army since he turned fifteen, elbowed Aang with a laugh, “Lighten up! He didn’t mean anything by it. She’s real pretty, your Tribal girl,” and then turning to his companions with a conspiratorial wink, “Earth knows half the dirt-heads here wouldn’t mind getting wet with their own water squaw, eh boys!?” A loud round of guffaws burst from the group.

Its not like Aang hadn’t heard these derogatory terms used before. When he stopped to think about it, it was interesting so many slurs had remained the same in the last one hundred years; although, admittedly, with one hundred years of separation, war, and resentment, a fair amount of venom and variation had been added to the average person’s derogatory term repertoire.

Aang remembered from his childhood the many less-flattering terms he’d heard in his travels describing him and his fellow nomads: Bean Sprout, Bison Jockey, Blow Hard, and Gust-Queer to name a few.

Aang remembered with clarity his first trip away from the Southern Air Temple after receiving his arrows. As they entered an Earth Kingdom town he had walked a little taller next to Monk Gyatso, immensely proud of his hard-earned tattoos. Moments later, however, he deflated, his shoulders sagging and his ears reddening when a group of Earth Kingdom kids his own age had shouted, “Lookie there! A Grandpa Tats with his very own Tat pup!” followed by a chorus of barks while the boys held their fingers on their heads in mock of his arrow. He had known this kind of racism before, but somehow the shame of it had burned in his gut with added shame that day.

Strangely enough, now Aang was spared much of the racial discrimination his forefathers experienced simply due to the fact that very few remembered what prejudices to hold against the widely forgotten and almost entirely misunderstood Air Nomads... As the sole remaining representative of his people, and the Avatar no less, whatever presumptions people had became more of a personal issue rather than a racial concern.

His fiancé, however, was not exempt from the racism common among the three nations.

Aang remembered as a kid the way Katara’s face had ducked and colored in shame when workers on a dock would call out “Hey Beads!” or men lazing on a corner would whistle at the “Snow-fox Darky”. He remembered how Sokka’s jaw and fists had clenched in their travels when others would refer to him as a “Drip” or an “Icie”.  Although his own blue-arrowed fists had clenched in anger too, they all knew that such slights weren’t worth a confrontation. Most of the time they just tried to ignore them.

And not all prejudices came from the other nations; sometimes there were even divisions within the nationalities themselves. Although they had traveled to the North Pole countless times since the end of the war, Katara still felt at times an invisible distance between herself and some from her fellow water tribesmen in the North. It wasn’t just the sexism that, although improving, was still a fetter on the culture there. She found that many looked down their noses at her; that the term “Southerner”, although not a bad term by itself, when said with the right kinds of superiority, might as well have been a slap to the face.

But one beautiful thing about his fiancé was her righteous indignation, her ever readiness to set injustice to right. So it was not uncommon for Katara to fight back, for Sokka to candidly correct the slurs, for Aang himself to call out the racism when it was blatant.

But experience had taught them that blatant was much easier to combat than the small, daily discriminations that often popped up suddenly, fleeing away too quick for retaliation, but still leaving hurt in its wake. Sometimes it was clear that the perpetrator did not even realize they had done anything offensive. Many of these slights were done in ignorance.

But it rankled Aang whenever it happened. Katara enduring fake smiles to her face, that turned to acid remarks when her back was turned. The lurid looks from men who excused themselves for such disrespect due to their perceived superiority. Prices that were somehow higher for her than when he asked for the same product a moment later; storekeepers who clutched their wares closer when Sokka or Hakoda walked passed.

Katara had raged at first, but with no place to direct her anger, he watched as she began to simply file away the pains somewhere inside. Aang could do little more than boil internally, and when that cooled, long for a way to fix it all for the woman he loved.

Aang tried to remind himself that no one was free of biases. Aang recalled the number of times he had heard Sokka curse the “Ash-lickers” or “Pyre Brains”. He had even overheard Katara calling Toph a “Dirty Crag” once under her breath after the two had butt heads. And he knew that he himself had biases too. That it was hard, maybe even impossible, to fully escape the assumptions of one’s upbringing.

Har, a soldier sporting large side-burns in a vain attempt to age his baby-face leaned over, throwing his arm around Aang’s shoulder, “Seriously! Wouldn’t mind a water whip from her, eh!”

Aang bristled again, his angry huff making the campfire flare. “Watch your mouths, boys.”

Shunmu held his hands up in surrender from across the fire, “We mean no disrespect, Aang. On the contrary. Clearly Har is just jealous!”

Har laughed, “Yes. Yes I am!”

Taking a long calming breath, Aang forced a cocked smile, “Well Katara is taken. I’ll ask you to keep your grubby thoughts, and vile words, to yourselves.”

Since his defeat of Fire Lord Ozai so many years ago, Aang had found his new role as Avatar sometimes hard to navigate, and very often impersonal. He was treated with a high level of deference, which as well meaning as it was, was often very isolating. Aang had enjoyed his time with these soldiers, who after a few days traveling with him had opted to treat Aang as a person, as one of the group. Aang had enjoyed the easy comradery, welcoming being included in the gentle ribbing and joking that came so easily among them. For this reason Aang was loath to pick a fight with his new friends, not wanting to ruin the ease of their companionship.

But even as the joking continued, it was obvious that the Avatar was no longer at ease.

“Whoo, looks like we touched a nerve! Don’t go all glowy on us – we’re just having a bit of fun!”

“Yeah, we don’t mean nothing by it.”

“We know you like Tribal women – no need to get uptight. Just wishing we had our own exotic foreign water-fox, am I right boys!”

Aang’s head shot up. Who had said that?!

This was not the first time it had been insinuated that his choice in a wife could be boiled down to some sort of exotic fetish. That Katara’s value to him was just in her foreign beauty.

If only they knew. Katara: she was everything to him.

Lang spoke to the group at large, but clearly for Aang’s ears. “But she ain’t here right now. What’s say we find Aang a good solid earth kingdom beauty once we get to Lin’ah, eh Boys? Let him expand his pallet a little!”

Har joined in, “Yeah, one who can keep quiet to boot! Your water girl won’t ever know the wiser. It might do you well to try some other flavors, know what I mean?”

The fire flared again as Aang stood up abruptly, quieting the boisterous soldiers. He walked to the edge of where the light from the campfire touched before it dissipated into the dark forest beyond. Everyone froze as they watched his ridged back, hands balled into fists by his sides.

But when he turned to face his friends again, he had visibly calmed. There was even the trace of a smile beginning at the corners of his mouth.

“No thanks. I’m definitely not interested.” And a wicked glint shone in his eye as his grinned widened, “But I would like to introduce you to Katara sometime. Did you know that she’s an accomplished Water Bender? She taught me everything I know. Including this move…”

Aang swept his arms around his head in a large circle, calling water from the rain puddles surrounding the camp and bending it into a large flowing ring above the soldiers’ heads, every man’s eyes following the water’s circling motion above them.

Aang continued, “Wanna see what she would do if she heard some of the things you’ve said tonight?”

Without waiting for an answer Aang halted his arms’ circling and splaying his fingers for a moment, the water stopping its movement, waiting suspended in unnatural immobility. The men’s countenances grew uneasy in the stillness. Then, with a sudden strike downwards with his arms, the water formed into long spikes of ice, every one streaking downward and wedging into the ground between each soldier’s thighs. Aang’s precision was startling, no one was hurt, but every man there could feel the cold radiating off the ice, eyes wide knowing how close the spikes had struck.

Silence and shock filled the air as they stared down at the ice between their legs.

Aang spoke again, keeping his tone light and conversational, “My family is Water Tribe now, ya know. I’ve never met any people more kind and loyal and brave. I really do hope you get to meet Katara someday. But I’d advise you to watch your mouths when she’s around. Because one difference between me and my fiancé is…”

Aang pursed his lips trying hard to hold back a laugh, “She’s likely to aim a little higher.”

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A/N: I got thinking about how in a world divided up into such distinct and separate nationalities, racism would surely be a part of society.