#because that's apparently my life now

[unwinthehart]

vivarai2off: Amarello living their best life ✨

[savagegood]

after my friends expressed horror watching professional hockey player nathan mackinnon spray suncreen straight in the face, i'm actually curious...

[blueskittlesart]

being in art school and having basically 0 knowledge about christianity whatsoever is so funny at this point i think you could tell me literally anything was an allegory for jesus and i'd just believe you

[lazycranberrydoodles]

COME ON GUYS DON'T LET DIANXIA DOWN

[sergle]

I think my favorite thing about doing ginger red hair instead of cherry red hair is: lying to people about it

[freakurodani]

The parallel between Sokka and Tenzin as their fathers' sons.

Sokka, left at 13 as his father and all the other men head off to war. Hakoda tells him "being a man is knowing where he's needed the most" and he needs to protect his sister, his home.

Tenzin is the second airbender. He is also half water tribe, he's a man. When Aang dies, he will be the last airbender. He understands what he needs to do.

Untold amount of pressure and responsibility have been thrust upon them by their fathers. Though, I believe it is not all intentional, but the unfortunate circumstance of being the fathers of sons who take responsibility incredibly seriously.

In Sokka's case, "protect your sister" is a vague instruction. It was meant to give him purpose, to help him feel okay about being left behind, He is too young for war, his father does not want to bring his child to slaughter. But Sokka will die with purpose. He will train the children of his tribe so they will be protected, he will face a fire nation ship until his last breath. He cannot go to war, but Hakoda did not see that war was all around them. In trying to give Sokka purpose, Hakoda put their world on his shoulders.

We do not get to see Aang be a father (in the TV shows), but we know he had hopes for the future. All his children were air nomads, and the air acolytes brought his culture back, but Tenzin could bend. This part of their culture is one ONLY they share. I do not think Aang would hide this, he is joyous that he gets to share his culture. When he feels respected, he always is, he taught the air acolytes after all. Off handedly, he could say, "I'm hopeful for a future where there are lots more air benders," and that, which feels mostly innocuous to him, is the nail in the coffin of Tenzin's fate. He is Avatar Aang's son, and the future of the air benders. It would not matter that Aang meant a future in generations. Tenzin sees the responsibility and it's his. He is his father's only air bending child, he knows what he needs to do.

Being a parent is not understanding the way the things you say harm your children. Even those things that feel innocuous in the moment can be life altering. Especially the more the child respects the parent. Purpose and Hope for those with a broader perspective, can be death sentences to a life that could have been when expressed to those who idolize the former.

[torisharp]

A Paradox for a Paramour (FigAyda)

A FigAyda prediction comic! In this AU Porter is the BBEG because it's funny. However, I don't remember what Porter looks like and i was too caught up in Fig/Ayda fluff to care. Enjoy. (◡ ‿ ◡ ✿)

Some Fantasy High Junior Year spoilers ahead, but it's mostly speculation! I got to wondering what would happen if there was a TPK while Ayda's away with her dad.

[yikes-ajax]

*toy story woody voice* There's a cat in my bag!

[ferberus-skull]

Look hard at my stripes. There'll be no more after me.

[that-foul-legacy-lover]

hey guys look at this cool flower i found

[stackyshenanigans]

Aren't Draluc's suits like, canonically custom-tailored? Why tf does he wear sleeve garters when he's not cooking?

Just for the drama???

[lizadale]

so i’ve been reading the dictionary (as one does), and though i’m only freshly in the L’s i thought i’d share a handful of my favorites (for various reasons) so far, both words i already knew and ones i’ve learned recently.

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alacrity (n): cheerful readiness

clairaudience (n): the faculty of perceiving, as if by hearing, what is inaudible

claque (n): a group of people hired to applaud or heckle a performer

clinquant (adj): glittering with gold or tinsel

cloy (v): disgust or sicken someone with excessive romantics, sweetness, or sentimentality

crepuscular (adj): of or relating to twilight; dim

defenestrate (v): to throw something or someone out of a window

diablerie (n): reckless mischief; charismatic wildness

ebullience (n): zestful enthusiasm

eidolon (n): a phantom; an apparition

ensconce (v): shelter, conceal

foible (n): a minor flaw or shortcoming in character or behavior

frisson (n): a brief moment of emotional excitement

imbroglio (n): an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding; an intricate or complicated situation

imprecate (v): utter a curse or invoke evil against someone or something

inanition (n): the absence or loss of social, moral, or intellectual vitality or vigor

insouciant (adj): lightheartedly unconcerned; nonchalant

inure (v): to accustom someone to accept something unpleasant (as normal)

inveigle (v): persuade someone to do something by means of deception or flattery

irenic (adj): promoting peace, moderation, or conciliation

jiggery-pokery (n): trickery

kibitz (v): to look on and offer unwanted advice or comment

lachrymose (adj): given to tears or weeping; mournful

lèse-majesté (n): the insulting of a monarch; treason

limerence (n): the mental state of profound infatuation or obsession with another person, typically experienced involuntarily and characterized by a strong desire for reciprocation of one’s feelings

[ratsalad]

me explaining to my brother all the different ways house md compares house and wilson's relationship to other romantic relationships in the show because he had some free time this morning

[designernishiki]

noticed that the ps app now shows how many hours you’ve spent on a game if youve recently played it and uh. im clearly very normal about yakuza 0

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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[extraordinarilyextreme]

for my own sanity, i'm transcribing ZSX's goodbye video monologue for FDB:

去岁初夏逢君盛 今朝花落梦方醒 故事到此收笔 但人生还长 江湖路远 意气江湖正道安 风华正茂是少年 愿将来的方小包 经历风雨 不忘少年初心 走遍人间 仍有他路可寻 山高水长见日光 始终不忘少年样 前路存知己 江湖有相逢 于道各努力 千里自同风 方多病 希望你不服众望 成为下一个传奇

XSY's was much simpler (both he and CY pretty much just used their lines from the show; only ZSX spoke so much. and as c-netz pointed out, this truly is ZSX! the voice he gave FDB sounds different).

anyway, XSY's goodbye to DFS:

“一个剑客不该有弱点。” "A swordsman shouldn't have any weaknesses." “此生只有一愿，就是赢他。” "In this life, I have only one wish, which is to win him in a fight." 老笛，笛飞声。愿来世你能得偿所愿。 Lao Di, Di Feisheng. I hope, come the next life, all your wishes will come true.

and then CY's goodbye to LXY and LLH:

“去去重去去，来时是来时。” "What is meant to go, will go. What is meant to come, will come." “这人生嘛，本处处都是遗憾。” "In this life, intrinsically, regrets may be found everywhere." “十年了，没有什么放不下的，也更没有什么解不开的结。” "Ten years have passed. There's not much that cannot be set down, not to mention any knots that cannot be untied." 李相夷，李莲花。江湖一程，有幸相逢。再见了。 Li Xiangyi, Li Lianhua. You ventured into the jianghu. If we are lucky, we'll meet again. Goodbye for now.

and at the end of all their videos, the text read:

江湖别处有相逢，杯酒一盏此君行。 Elsewhere in the jianghu, we'll reunite. With this small cup of wine, I bid you farewell and send you off.