#Red herring

[marinebiologyshitposts]

[cryptid-demon-antics]

Y’all we should be pulling Red herring type shit with ICE

Let’s spread them so thin that they can’t do ANYTHING!!!

[camcat1320]

The Fortune-Teller does not deserve the hate it has received. It's actually a great episode that people misunderstand. Let me explain.

Kataangers love the episode for it says Katara is destined to be with Aang. Zutarians hate the episode for this reason along with forcing Katara into a pigeon hole. I stand between these warring tribes and say that they are both wrong.

To be clear, I am a Zutarian. If we would've had a Book 4 like the head writer had intended, this episode would've been integral for that book.

"But the 3-act story structure!" some may argue. A 3-act story structure is just a 4-act story structure in disguise.

Anyways, let's continue.

The destiny that Aunt Wu foretells does not give names and is vague in nature. She tells Katara that she is to be married to a powerful bender. She didn't say the most powerful nor did she say bender of all four elements. One doesn't have to be the Avatar to be a powerful bender.

Come Aang's fortune, she foretold of a great battle between good and evil that will determine the fate of the world. We immediately think of Aang battling Firelord Ozai to end the 100 year war. However, this fortune is vague and could foretell another battle after Ozai has fallen.

When Aunt Wu learns that Aang wants to learn about his future about love, she cheers him up by giving him a vague, seemingly harmless white lie to satisfy him. "Follow your heart and you will be with the one you love." Since Aang is 12, he can easily misconstrue infatuation for love.

I believe The Fortune-Teller is a giant red herring that many people in both Zutara and Kataang sectors have fallen for. But wait, what is a red herring?

In literature, a red herring is a device to throw the characters and the audience off the scent of future events. It's meant to distract and deceive.

At the end of The Fortune-Teller, Katara believes she is destined to be with Aang and Aang believes it as well. Throughout the remainder of the series, Katara's emotional bond with Aang is challenged. Then by The Ember Island Players, Katara is confused, unsure about her feelings, unsure about her destiny.

What other character struggled with his perception of his destiny?

For the majority of the series, Zuko falsely believed that his destiny was to hunt down the Avatar and regain his honor. We know that this destiny was forced upon him by his father, Ozai.

But as Iroh has said, "Destiny is a funny thing." Iroh had believed he would have been in Ba Sing Se as a conqueror but instead, he had liberated Ba Sing Se from Fire Nation occupation.

Zuko had turned against his father and his supposed destiny and set out to aid the Avatar instead. After this, Zuko's new belief is that it is his destiny to help Aang in defeating Ozai instead. Truly, destiny is funny that way.

But why is this only applied to Zuko? Why isn't this the same message given to Katara's arc? Is she truly destined to be with Aang and she cannot fight against this fate? Is this strong female character destined to be reduced to servitude?

The same girl that inspired imprisoned earthbenders to fight back? The same girl that fought against gender roles in her own culture? The same girl that didn't give into despair and led her crew out of the desert? The same girl that aided in healing a Fire Nation village? The same girl that rose above her mentor and used bloodbending to save her loved ones? The same girl that went toe to toe with Azula and won?

I SAY NAY!

Imagine, if you will, what Katara's continued arc could've been like in Book 4. Katara would've defied the destiny that was forced upon her and determined her destiny for herself. But in the end, destiny is a funny thing for this action only plays into fate. Zuko is a powerful bender after all. 👀

Now, I must depart before I give too many spoilers for my writing. Fare thee well, until we meet again!

[anoiinting]

— pronunciation . { red - herr - ring }

RED HERRING. - a slasherval term / presentation for someone between a slasher, a first victim, and a final person, based off the red herring trope/fallacy. this individual may dress in a distracting manner, and/or come across as mysterious or suspicious to others.

DAY 004 OF @francicide && @inhisbedroom ‘S COINING EVENT : final person / survivor or related.

ALREADY COINED? CONSIDER THIS AN ALT FLAG / DEFINITION.

IDs IN ALT TEXT. PLAIN TEXT BELOW CUT.

pronunciation : ( red - herr - ring )

red herring - a slasherval (link) term / presentation for someone between a slasher, a first victim, and a final person, based off the red herring trope/fallacy. this individual may dress in a distracting manner, and/or come across as mysterious or suspicious to others.

day 4 of francicide and inhisbedroom‘s coining event : final person / survivor or related.

already coined? consider this an alt flag / definition. IDs in alt text. plain text below cut.

[dougielombax]

Okay but WHY would the Covenant attack Cleveland, Ohio of all places?!

LOOK! They actually DID it!!!!

Why?

What FOR?!

I get Africa because the whole ark portal thing, but CLEVELAND?????!!!!!!!!

Because a shittalking human wasted their time looking for a red herring?

Leading to the death of a minor prophet….

Okay that’s hilarious!

[pink-pone]

Red Herring, mystery author extraordinaire, regales Rose Petals with her exciting new romance thriller!

art by the lovely ArtisticWerks

[xfilesinamajor]

I don't believe it was the Westies. Nope. No way.

Oh, I 100% believe they've been cashing Dudenoff's checks and almost certainly knew he was dead. Maybe they even incinerated the body to cover up his death so they could keep their living arrangements.

But with all the callbacks to Season One and the 7th episode of a season traditionally being a Theo episode, how do you NOT make the comparison to the Dimases? They were guilty of stealing from funeral homes and misleading the police about Zoe's death, but they had nothing to do with Tim.

I think it's the same with the Westies--they're guilty of something, sure, but they're not the killers we're looking for.

Everything this season revolves around movies: the inclusion of Levy, Galifianakis, and Longoria on the case, Bev Melon turning up EVERYWHERE, all the stunt doubles, Dudenoff as a film prof and all the Westies as well as the Brothers being his former students...

Personally, I'm not letting go of the Glenn thing. He got shot in the head. He's been unconscious and unmentioned since then. I'm betting in episode nine, he's going to wake up and deliver one hell of a plot twist.

[huanlong-yichen]

Someone is not ready for their “Divorce Arc”

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Did this during class time. I ready should be paying attention to my lecture but oh well.

[facts-i-just-made-up]

whats the origin of the phrase "red herring"?

In the bible, Numbers 19 states that to be cleansed of having touched a human corpse, one must, "Bring a red heifer without defect or blemish to the priest; it is to be taken outside the camp and slaughtered." The priest must then also be bathed in a river or spring.

The bible makes one exception though- If one has touched the corpse of a duck-billed platypus, they must use a red herring. As a poison-meated monotreme mammal that has a weird face and lays eggs, even God didn't know at first what to do if you encounter one of these demented things, so the herring was a placeholder until God could be sure it even was an animal.

Thus a "Red Herring" refers to an act of misdirection such as could even trick God, the platypus having been created not by god on the 5th or 6th days, but rather by Dwayne Justoffsen on the following Thursday as a joke.

[coolsvilleprincess]

Everybody give it up for more cleaned up sketches!! This time it's characters that I have simply been thinking about recently that are not the main gang, yes I did get distracted while cleaning up my Shaphne sketches, yes this is the result now I must return to the caves to finish them.

[transgwender616]

I wish more people online knew what context and nuance is

"You shouldn't nail rats to strangers."

"Oh so your saying nailing is always wrong even if i'm making a house?"

"No i'm saying you shouldn't nail rats to strangers."

[daystarvoyage]

You know what I call amity nowadays ever since her name trends through social media.

Lil miss self insert

MORE ON MY AMITY POST SOON, I’m just speaking facts and proof.

[vertigoartgore]

1993's The Flash Vol.2 #78 cover by artist Ty Templeton. Source

[fakekillernerd]

what a fishy detective in ace attorney...

would the case be like Hotel Turnabout or something

[masdane]

Red Herring

Tried lino printing (?) recently and made this fishy that I'm really proud of :> (if anyone has any notes on how to take better photos of traditional art please let me know lol)