#god bless korrasami

[unpersoniverse]

I saw a tweet that said Korra's only a softie around Asami and one thing led to another...

[voiceemporium]

Asami Sato from Legend of Korra voiced by Seychelle Gabriel

[adriancatrin]

finally watching korra and the only thing that’s made me truly happy so far is toph referencing sokka being stuck in a hole for 22 minutes

[comradekatara]

one of my favorite niche demographics i’ve observed in my time on tumblr.edu are the dykes who hardcore shipped mako and korra and got really fucking mad and threw a hissy fit when korrasami happened. to this day, i do not understand the logic upon which these people were operating, and i doubt i ever will. god bless.

[good-beans]

Hadestown is so good though! Would love to read about the inspired aus :)

👀👀👀 Thank you for enabling me anon!! I may have written a lot I’m sorry!!

So I have two legit Hadestown aus (like, about the canon characters) and then several that are basically just a bunch of other ships placed into the Hadestown story. It’s funny, though, because you can’t really do a traditional “modern/fantasy/coffee shop Hadestown au” because the play itself is already “steampunk au of the Orpheus myth” LOL, so it’s kind of just my interpretations and ‘what if’s of the play. My crossover ideas include erasercloud, forsython, serirei, korrasami, and zelink!

Idea 1: I know some people like the thought that the characters are stuck in this sort of time loop thing. My sister firmly believes it's all happening within Hermes' mind, and he's trapped within a cycle of reliving these memories. I like to play around with the idea that the whole show is in Orpheus's mind, and the loop is a relatively good thing. (I’m still calling it au, but I guess nothing visibly changes in the play. It’s just adding extra context that changes Orpheus’ internal thoughts. It’s my fix-it au without actually cutting out the tragedy.) His mother was a muse – what if she was Mnemosyne, goddess of memory, and with Hermes’ help and prompting, she gives her son this loop as a blessing. He's just falling in love with the love of his life over and over, saving the world over and over. Even if Orpheus lost Eurydice in reality, now he’s always with her in his memory. 

I like to think that he's very self-aware of his role in this loop. He’s viewing everything with complete knowledge (but still unable to act any differently since it's just a memory), but it brings him peace. Not only is it wonderful to relive all his time with Eurydice, but replaying the tragedy so much it slowly likely takes away a bit of the sting and offers him closure. With every repetition he's analyzing everything. At first he looked to what he did wrong, or blamed others, but over time he starts making new realizations and connections. He starts seeing how so many variables fit into the story rather than just the fateful looking back moment. He sees everything in the play: Eurydice’s private songs, the gods’ fights, and even gets that look into Hades’ thoughts about himself. Just as I'm learning new things about the connections and consequences and themes every time I listen, so is he.

Idea 2: This is more of a traditional au because it’s just ‘what if’s. Here, Orpheus is reliving all this without the help of any muse – he’s obsessively repeating his “mistakes” trying to dissect what he did wrong and trying to change them now that he can see the bigger picture. First, he stays with Eurydice during the storm so she never dies in the first place. He thinks this would have given them their happy ending, but things only get worse since Hades and Persephone still hate each other. The world continues out of balance and dying, and Orpheus must live with the knowledge of the workers still trapped in Hadestown. As things spiral, he tries to use his song but can a) never get an audience with the gods because he can't sing himself into Hadestown now that his motivation to do so doesn't exist or b) he gets there but he's too late and the gods' relationship is too far gone. As the world falls apart, he’s haunted by the knowledge that he could have fixed it. The next loop, he tries to negotiate better with Hades once he reaches the underworld. No deal about looking back. The only way Hades agreed was to demand the workers stay, and Orpheus takes the deal and escapes easily with Eurydice. Similarly, he can’t actually live happily ever knowing that he damned those workers to their eternity. 

This continues until the only choice he’s left with is just… not looking back. But every time he tries, something makes him do it. He’s worried she’s not there, he’s worried it’s a trick, he thinks the workers aren’t there, the silence gets to him, or even because of good reasons (one of the original versions of the myth is that he turned back in celebration because he was out and thought she was too). No matter what Orpheus does, he always ends up at that moment, looking back. It always makes me emotional thinking about that “mistake” as fated to happen in order to save the rest of the world, or just unchangeable human nature, or his unchangeable nature, or set in stone because of myth/history. Even with infinite looping chances where Orpheus can break free from his story, all roads lead to the same spot, and there is only one outcome. 💔

Lmao and then we have the crossover aus, because the main relationship has everything I could want from a love story (aside from the dying RIP) so all the songs make me think “but what if this was my blorbos” :0

I actually already did a bit of doodling of a bnha erasercloud version! This one has fit the best because their canon relationship really did end in tragedy, so I don’t need to add any extra angst in my life when I run through the plot beginning to end asdfsd. I think they suit the roles really well, and there’s so much reflection of the weather/wind that could go hand in hand with Shirakumo’s cloud symbolism. Also, there are so many lines about seeing the world a certain way, and the fact that Aizawa’s power is centered around sight (and that Shirakumo canonically dies to protect Aizawa’s sight) is super significant.

Of course I’ve have forsython thoughts – the amount of times I’ve played through “Come Home With Me/Wedding Song” with Forsyth as the wide-eyed, optimistic poet in love and Python as the jaded, poor pessimist (featuring Hermes-Lukas as his wingman). I’d keep the steampunk setting exactly the same. Forsyth’s intense hope despite the world fits “Wait for Me” so well, and he’s prone to self-doubt when pushed too far. Python suits the role so well, and I think there’s some good stuff around “Flowers” and the consequences of his apathy. I toyed around with Mila/Duma being the gods: Mila has a summer song about a bountiful harvest and fun, while Duma’s city is dominated by work and power. Obviously in my head, the love they rekindle would be familial – but the whole point was that there were parallel romances, so I never could commit to that idea.

It was a bit more of a stretch than the previous two, but it was really fun thinking about a seirei version! It’s take place in the normal mp100 setting, and leaning into that hell train vibes from the OVA. Reigen’s totally faking that he can sing this super-powered song to fix the out-of-balance world (I mean, really, what kind of lyrics are ‘la la la’?) but he’s completely earnest in his attempts to show Serizawa how beautiful the world could be. Serizawa is torn between returning to his safe isolation or venturing out in society with Reigen. After he starts getting out more, he gets tangled up with two insanely powerful spirits who pull him into that other dimension by train. Reigen bluffs his way into this dangerous spirit dimension with his “psychic” song. He has a knack for accidentally becoming a leader to large groups of people, so the workers (suffering spirits?) are quickly attracted to him. When he gets there, though, his genuine love for Seri and the world are what convince the spirits to let everyone go. But when it comes down to it, Reigen starts panicking that he’s a fraud and the song wasn’t real. His imposter syndrome and doubt makes him look back :(

A super quick idea was a korrasami one, although tbh Korra may actually may be too self-assured and determined to look back so maybe it ends up okay 😅 It’d be set in a mix of Republic City and the steampunk vibes, with Yue would be Hades and her failed romance would cause the tides to go crazy and harm the human world. I didn’t spend a ton of time on this one because it’s been a while since I’ve had atla/lok brain but maybe I go back to it eventually…

My most recent comparison has been a skyward sword zelink version simply because of how well it fits. A slightly clueless but heartfelt Link plays his special song on the goddess harp. He travels “down below” to save his lover, who previously was unhappy with the way things were. Hylia and Demise used to bring balance to the world but she spends so much time caring for the humans that he gets jealous. The major difference here is it’s interesting twist: “Eurydice” and “Persephone” end up being the same person, much to their lovers’ surprise. How they rekindle a love with two separate people at once I’m not quite sure, but I’m working on it hehe

Like that original post said, I doubt there’s a big audience for any of these -- but either way I really enjoy them and maybe someone else will too! :D

[fungusinternet]

so far i've refrained from reblogging the lok turf wars pages in the amazon preview. (ive decided not to reblog spoilers until the comic is released) but i just want everybody to know that when i read the preview i was so happy i started crying

[spicednacho]

Why is it still not clicking that these are the same person

[beesloosewithcanon]

WIP Whenever

I know I’ve been tagged in a handful of these... I definitely know @natsora​ has tagged me once or twice. So - Thanks for all the tags!

Tagging: Anyone who has the creative capacity to do so. :)

FROM: Closer to You, Part Two, Something More

...

“I know I just assaulted your senses and I’m not necessarily sorry about that,” [Asami] teased, trying to catch Korra’s blue eyes. “But I’m also not at all interested in pressuring you into something you’re not ready for.”

Korra’s hands held Asami’s sides and the taller woman could feel the vibrations of Korra’s muscles as she held her gaze. Korra’s bright blue eyes searched Asami’s face for a long moment before she let out a steadying breath and pulled Asami forward, her hands sliding around her sides and meeting in the dip of her lower back.

Korra licked her lip and then gave a curt, almost unnoticeable node. “Let’s go.”

Asami blinked several times, trying to figure out what Korra meant while also trying not to let herself be overwhelmed by the sheer closeness that they’d regained. “Go where, exactly?”she asked, trying to figure out which option Korra was referring to.

“Your place,” Korra said simply before her lips crashed against Asami’s once more.

An all-consuming heat erupted between them. Korra’s tongue effortlessly found entry into Asami’s mouth and she couldn’t do anything except surrender to Korra’s demanding presence and hold on. Her arms wrapped around Korra’s shoulders, one hand getting lost in her short hair.

Fuck, Asami’s mind cursed, mirroring Korra’s earlier utterance.

Before Asami could think or act further, Korra abruptly pulled away.

“I’m not ready to say goodnight to you, but I’m pretty sure I’ll be useless at anything else because... well,” she cut herself off and took Asami’s lips again briefly. “I’m thoroughly distracted,” she whispered as she released.

Asami’s lips mourned the loss of Korra’s lips and all she wanted was to have them back. But the street really wasn’t the place for this. If Korra kept kissing her or touching her, she was going to lose all semblance of control and potentially come utterly undone before Korra had gotten her out of her dress.

“Are you sure?” she asked, taking a decided step away from Korra, breaking all contact between them except for her hands as they trailed down either of Korra’s arms, stopping only when she’d removed Korra’s hands from her waist and held them in her own.

“Absolutely.”

A wildfire of her own blossomed, but not across her cheeks. She felt it across her chest and a warmth spread further down into the lower reaches of her abdomen.

“Let me call a cab.”

[tomoehotarus]

korrasami national anthem

[owldee]

i tagged that post with bryke in october 2014 “multishippers”...

...yeah, like how i thought I WAS just a “multishipper” in 2012/13 lok fandom...

lol nope

we know your otp

YOUR OTP IS SHOWING

[hanasaku-shijin]

hi i just binge-read all the korra comics and im SOBBING

[bi-dazai]

no offence but when i remember that korrasami legit became canon, two bisexual women are canonically dating, have kissed in an official comic, have even discussed coming out troubles, it legit fucking moves me almost to tears.

[youngbloodbuzz]

any chance you could talk about how you started shipping supercorp?

hECK YEA i would love to

hOKAY so funny enough i had fallen in love with katie like two years prior when she was on dracula but only for a brief time, so when i heard she was casted as lena i lost my mind. you can actually find posts of me losing my shit in the tags when it was announced lol 

but anyways, despite that i went into s2 not expecting to ship them at all. i had only really previously shipped kara with james and lucy, but i had loved the concept of their dynamic. i grew up with smallville, so i had known what a super and luthor connection looked like with clark and lex when they were friends, and it was something i really loved. 

but then i saw the incredibly chemistry, i saw how they could reinvent their legacies and how much they had to prove and could bring out the best in each other. i actually tried to fight it a little bit? i started off loving their dynamic in whatever way i could get (i still do, i desperately adore them as best friends) but i kept seeing more posts and then i very quickly gave in and read a fic and then the rest is history. 

ok wait no, i checked the first few posts and it was literally just 2 days later after the first ep of s2 i was On Board 100%, i was doomed from the start i guess lmao like YO when lena gave kara that soft smile when she wasn’t looking in ep 3 HOO B O Y hOO god that’s the gOOD shit right there

[ptsdpolaris]

Sam and Bucky are going on that long vacation TOGETHER. They walk into the distance holding each other. Literally Korrasami vibes. God bless.

[kyosh-korra]

that article showed a preview of a convo between Korra and Asami & it’s been confirmed asami was in love with korra before she left to the south pole.

[noisycybercow]

*silently screaming in my room* the korrasami fanzine is amazing!!!!