#and western media is just--- why the fuck ain't we talking about this?!

[gae-ta]

and worst part is that if (when) that nuclear powerplant in Zaporizhzhia blows there is a high chance there will be next to 0 consequences for russia from the rest of the west

like if the russians blew off a nuke then there’s no doubt ww3 would happen but mining a nuclear power plant and then blowing it to high heaven? same radioactive fallout but for some reason it will be treated as a different thing

[heavensenthearty]

I'm still caught in my Avatar!Zuko AU and it just downed me how awareness-raising that concept alone would have been if it was the OG series' plot.

Even in the original story, Zuko is someone from a privileged country and position who then learns the damage his people and the ideals they hold have done to the rest of the world. Now imagine this: A western piece of media which's main focus is completely dismantling the "white savior" (*cough* "fake woke" *cough, cough*) trope.

Zuko is obviously not white-coded, but the premise has its similitudes. He would be the hero, but he has to learn how to help the rest of the world and what "help" really means. He comes from a technologically advanced country, he probably thinks technology and industrialization are better ways of living; well, the Southern Water Tribe is fine without much fancy machinery, thank you very much. He comes from a country with a somewhat solid and established political system, while the Air Nomads like their anti-hierarchy beliefs quite a lot.

The people from this countries obviously needs and wants help, just not the one an outsider might believe they want, and the only way to actually fix things is only listening to them.

"Yes, we would very much like international commercial arrangements just, whatever you do with our products, keep it to yourself and don't try to push your production system into us."

"Yes, we actually know a lot about the political issues you're talking about because we are the ones at the other side of them. Let's sit down and join your bit and my bit, and see what it is as a whole."

"While we are at that, we have plenty of experience in failed politics because, with your country being the Big Tough Guy and all, inside politics are pretty much the only thing we can rely on, so just let us educate yourself on how some ideas you might have ain't it."

"Oh! This actually turned out a whole lot different than what I expected, but I do see from where you're coming from, and it makes sense that I never thought about this stuff because I still come from a somewhat sheltered upbringing so it's nice that you are taking the bother of teaching me. Now I can see that I legit know nothing about the people I'm supposedly trying to help and turns out they are quite capable of helping themselves, so they don't need a hero — doesn't matter who it is — they just need to be listened to because they are super smart people that knows exactly what they're talking about. If anything, I am pretty much their sidekick."

*drums fingers with interest over the table*

Then again, I guess I wouldn't be able to ask that much from the series, since Bryke are pretty dead-set in highlighting the "good" parts of colonialism. Which explains why so many people is also so dead-set in "explaining" me — someone from a country under a socio-communist dictatorship — what socialism and communism "really" are.

Thanks but no thanks, guys. Keep your wokeness to your fucking selves! ☺️