#her foundations are shit

[johnskleats]

Azula would have lost the Final Agni Kai no matter what. Here's why:

Azula is insecure. That's why she takes cheap shots. She did it with Katara, and she did it with Aang in CoD, AND she did it with Iroh striking him with lightning. One could even argue that her behavior in CoD foreshadows some of what happens in the Agni Kai, where in CoD, Katara fights Azula, and Zuko saves her, whereas in the Final Agni Kai, Zuko fights Azula and saves Katara. It's a little mismatch of dynamics.

Azula cheating (constantly), is a staple of dishonorable behavior, which I think is interesting.

We see her "play with her food" like a cat, with the Dai Lee and other opponents she encounters. She tricks them and manipulates them and there's no threat. Killing Aang with lightning was SUPREMELY stupid on her part, and she wouldn't have done it unless she was cornered. She didn't even stick around to make sure he was dead or have any of them followed-- because she was scared. Zuko NEVER flees in fights out of fear. He doubles down like a lunatic and tries to get himself killed instead. Azula is not willing to risk her life, and that's why she's a worse fighter. The insecurity gets to her head and she psychs herself out

Azula has a lot of fire power (lol), but Zuko has the heart and commitment to see actions through to the end. That's why he would have won, had Azula not cheated.

By the end, they were evenly matched in firepower anyway. They did the Raging Line of Flames Competing Colors thing and met in the middle, and stayed there. That's how animation tells us about their ability.

Azula's seat of power in her firebending is spite and fear. She's not even mad, bro.

Zuko's seat of power, at the end, is light and life and love. One is a powder keg that runs out after you blow it up once, and the other is like an oil fire in a parking lot. There's essentially infinite fuel there.

Zuko would have certainly outlasted her. And did, if you think about it. Because she panicked.

Azula's entire persona is a mask, just as Zuko's bravado and pettiness in the first season was a mask. (Funny, that he can only be himself when he's hidden the scar with the blue spirit mask, therefore freeing himself of the shame and the mark that brands him as a villain)

They show us that Azula's mask is not only slipping, but cracking, crumbling in the mirror scene. That's why it's there: to show the audience that all of her running has finally caught up with her.

This world that Azula created has been a sham from the beginning. Castles in the sky to make up for what she lacks: love.

Which is why she would never win against Zuko if they both reached their full potential, as they did during the comet.

[jabberwockprince]

procrastinated on art to finish this, the chronological timeline of the main chapters of the 1.X series. i made this for r99 OC purposes but found out interesting things on the way, either way it was fun!

im planning to continue but the transcript for 2.1 isn't done yet so its very difficult to date both 2.0 and 2.1 as a result. especially since 1.2 ALLEGEDLY has to fit somewhere in there, three events BEFORE 2.2 starts in november

i'll add anecdotes, character events and other things that can be dated within the timeline later on, as soon as i can figure out what to do with 2.0/2.1!

[brainrotisseriechicken]

pirate au able thingy

(couldn't fit in her markings without overloading the piece/covering up my rendering which i am Very proud of but atleast some of them r there if u squint rlly hard )

[sukibenders]

Aegon, Aemond, Helaena, and Daeron looking at Alicent after she washes her hands of a war, that she (and Otto) dragged them into, and the throne, that she (and Otto) forced them to grasp/fight over even though they obviously didn't want it, and goes off to live her best life while they are all still stuck in a cycle forced on to them without their input (obviously this is about the s2 final):

[thelilylav]

I’ve gotta admit as much as I know Darabella is a flawed ship (and some of the ppl who are anti for it have legit criticisms I love y’all for pointing it out cause it frustrates the hell out of me too trust) they’ll always just kind of be it for me.

Because as much as it was an “I can fix him” trope, as much as Rosabella could be selfish and Daring’s flaws got cranked up to 1000, she was also the first person to look at him after his destiny, the thing he dedicated his life to, failed, when people were questioning him as a prince and putting pressure on his and Apple’s relationship and tell him that, like, maybe it would be alright? Maybe this wasn’t his destiny, and maybe that was okay.

And the part that really gets me? She’s the first person after this happens to tell him that it doesn’t matter what’s on the outside, which as much as you can like other Daring ships or him whatever he desperately needed to hear. Not even cause he was selfish, that’s not what I’m saying, but bc he placed his whole identity on this image that people concocted for him based on him appearing the perfect prince. He was handsome, he was talented, and he was handsome! So who cares about him as a person?

Idk man. You spend four seasons (I watch the specials on Netflix so that’s why four idk if it’s three to some ppl or whatever tho) watching him be praised for his looks, watching girls fawn over him, and of course he enjoys it so nobody really questions how much he enjoys it. And then you get this girl, this girl who owes him nothing, this girl who (contrary to popular belief apparently) has a life of her own and people she cares about outside of him, and she’s nice to him. And she’s the first person after everything happens to just be nice to him, for the sake of being nice. Something about that will always hit different for me

[banesberry-anomoly]

Me and my wife <3

[mattastr0phic]

Myricle Month 5 - COMBO!!! also testing out a new procreate brush.

[ilovescp]

I made something.

[dumyhead]

oh my god flavor foley (clutches my chest)

also yes this is because i re-fixated on scp (uncensored under cut)

[ssaalexblake]

The thing about complaining about 13's outfit in legend of the sea devils from a watsonian perspective is that this doctor has not Once bothered to dress appropriately for any of her adventures in other times.

I mean, sure, she put on a tux to go to a party in an era where a tux isn't weird on a woman But she still wore culottes and work boots to a formal wear party. She didn't bother to even change in Nikola Tesla's night of terror and while I'm not an expert in American fashion history I'm fairly certain her outfit included actual crimes. She didn't change in the witchfinders. Or Rosa. All she did in The Haunting of Villa Diodati was throw on a floral waistcoat with her normal outfit.

Doyleism is a whole other conversation to be having but 13's outfit, while 99% likely to be wildly inaccurate (and anachronistic) and not in keeping with the fashion of their era Or the region, is very much in character for Her.

If 13 walked out of that TARDIS dressed in a perfectly on point outfit for the times, my immediate reaction would have been to ask what on earth was wrong with here and to try and figure out the catch.

But yes. Doyleism is its own conversation here, but from a watsonian perspective, 13 being in a half assed outfit? Yeah that checks out.

[nishicchikouchi]

HUEHEHEHEHEH. A friend of mine whose read ORV is now reading LCF. HEHEHE. She ship joongdok. And also starting to ship alcale. I have introduced ao3 to her last week. I sent the link of the tags for both. I haven't recommended a fic yet. I'm gonna break her in hehehe. HUEHEHEHEHEH

[the-dumpster-fire-of-anxiety]

*sentence maybe 1 follower total will get* Blake Thorburn (Pact) and Sam Moore (npdkondraki's rewrite) would get along in fascinating ways for about ten minutes and then Blake casually mentions the woods and it all falls apart

[styxxsyringe]

chapter 1 of reassassination's nearly done script-wise! hopefully the next chapters won't take like 6 months of on-and-off work to complete lol

[supercasey]

It's the Bright family! They're a disfunctional bunch, but............ yeah, there's no defending some of them, but they're still my little blorbos 💖

[revvethasmythh]

*taking a pull from my cigarette while languidly lying on my therapists chaise lounge* I understand the drive to explore a positive polyamorous arrangement between veth, caleb, and yeza on a conceptual level, but is it not also worthwhile to explore the facets of veth that have already and desire to do more so engage in acts of infidelity? are all acts of infidelity painted with the same brush of inherent immorality? do we give leeway to infidelity in some cases or do we consider everyone a villain for doing it, regardless of context? in veth's context, would infidelity be understandable? who determines that, us or her, a person who does struggle with the idea of infidelity? how does veth interact with her romantic desire for another man despite knowing it's a bad thing? is it not incredibly interesting to engage with an immoral choice, particularly one that she perhaps spent a great deal of time considering herself, in the confines of fiction and/or transformative fiction? do we dismiss all interrogation of veth's relationship with infidelity out of hand simply because we are uncomfortable with the idea of infidelity itself?

[awkwardexxodus]

my fav thing about percy & annabeth is that most people will see her as this genius mind who has all answers and will save them with her plans while percy is thinking oh yea shes batshit crazy either that works or we die god bless

which is the response HIS plans get usually