#into the inferno

[zukosdualdao]

i’ve sometimes seen the idea that azula cheating in the agni kai by aiming at katara is supposed to show how far she’s fallen and how lost she is because she wouldn’t have cheated before, but that just… does not ring true to me.

i think this idea comes from her characterization of trying to live up to perfection, but i think it’s important to remember she’s functioning under ozai’s definition of perfection, a guy who infamously colluded with his wife to kill his father so that he could be firelord. i don’t get the particular sense he cares how, exactly, azula carries out the goals he’s set for her, as long as she accomplishes them.

and a lot of really prominent azula scenes turn on the axis of her being exactly this underhanded. in the avatar state, she tries to manipulate iroh and zuko into coming home under false pretenses, when she really means to arrest them. in bitter work, seeing she’s outnumbered, she makes a false surrender so that her opponents will hesitate/back down and then attacks iroh when they do. in the crossroads of destiny, she strikes aang with lightning from behind while he’s in the avatar state. in the awakening, she lies that zuko killed aang because she wants an insurance policy she won’t be blamed on a hunch he might be alive.

whether or not these break official rules of combat or acceptable legal/social behavior in-universe, i think it’s hard to deny that these actions form a pattern that showcases azula as someone not concerned with integrity or ideological fairness in such situations.

azula is a fascinating character, and her breakdown in sozin’s comet is tragic. but it’s not because she’s acting out of character; if anything, it’s because she’s falling back on old patterns despite her hallucination of her mother (and therefore her own subconscious) trying to warn her that using fear to control people isn’t truly viable. but that means her entire concept of the world is wrong, so she doubles down and shoots for katara, a noncombatant in this fight, having seen zuko agree to an agni kai in the hopes she wouldn’t get hurt and thus understanding he fears that and will make sure the lightning never reaches her. azula doesn’t care how she wins because it’s never mattered how she wins, as long as she does. but with katara defeating her and ozai’s impending downfall, it’s about to matter a lot more.

[vampirecorleone]

"All right, hair, it's time to face your doom." | "What a shame. You always had such beautiful hair." | "What are you doing here?" | "I didn't want to miss my own daughter's coronation." | "Don't pretend to act proud. I know what you really think of me. You think I'm a monster." | "I think you're confused. All your life, you've used fear to control people, like your friends, Mai and Ty Lee." | "But what choice do I have? Trust is for fools. Fear is the only reliable way. Even you fear me." | "No, I love you, Azula, I do."

Avatar The Last Airbender Rewatch: Into The Inferno

[whatamigonnawatchtoday]

Into the Inferno

2016. Documentary

By Werner Herzog

About: An exploration of active volcanoes in Indonesia (Mount Sinabung), Iceland, North Korea and Ethiopia (Erta Ale), Herzog follows volcanologist and Clive Oppenheimer, who hopes to minimize the volcanoes’ destructive impact.

Country: United Kingdom, Austria

Language: English

[dorianplatinum]

My outfit inspos alwahs have a whole a$$ plot behind them 😂 (btw the song is called “That Fame” and is by ME from my latest album Into the Inferno

[creator-indy]

I havent drawn Virginia and Dante in FOREVER

Also bea

She’s Virginia’s dead girlfriend

[wernerherzoghaircut]

Tell me more about Werner I am obsessed and need to talk about him 24/7

Werner Herzog? Yeah he's wild. I've only seen two of his films-- Signs of Life (1968) and Into the Inferno (2016). I have a bunch on my to-watch list, though.

The first one is a fictional drama/period piece, it was his first feature. It's very understated for the most part, with sparse, almost bleached black and white cinematography, but then one of the characters inexplicably goes insane and the film ramps up, drama-wise, and then sort of just ends. A very straightforward plot but there's a lot you can read into it, which I like.

That second movie is a documentary about volcanoes, highlighting some specific locations and outlining how these various volcanoes are interpreted by different cultures. A volcanologist sort of co-hosts the documentary along with Werner, providing some background on how volcanoes are studied.

There are some scenes that touch on archaeology too, which was probably my favorite part. I don't remember exactly how that fit into the volcanoes narrative, but overall it's a great documentary.

I've seen bits and pieces of some of his other films, and I recently read his book "The Twilight World." I highly, highly, highly (highly) recommend it. It's historical fiction about a real Japanese soldier during World War II who spent 29 years on Lubang Island in the Philippines, fighting and surviving mostly on his own, stubbornly believing that the war was still raging on.

The backbone of the book is factual, but there are almost dream-like scenes that Werner throws in. It's a beautiful book.

Also please watch if you haven't already Werner's clip about his opinions on chickens. It's fantastic. Wild.

[andrewrudyyy]

Styling my Demonz Merch Tee! If you like this design and wanna see the others, check out my Merch on my Amazon Music Artist page (you can find it in my profile) and also don’t forget to stream my NEW ALBUM Into the Inferno!

[skull-bearer]

Into The Inferno

Werner Herzog: Here I met a fascinating tribe of volcanologists...

*camera pans over a group of unconscious people in colourful anoraks*

Werner Herzog: ...some of them overcome by altitude sickness.

[alter-koker]

something ive noticed while reading dantes inferno is that there seems to be a lot of italians in hell

[porquevi]

"Visita ao Inferno" (Into the Inferno) - netflix.

Esse filme de 2016 tá na lista pra ver na Netflix faz muito tempo. Acontece que toda vez que eu sugeria assistir a patroa não queria. Werner Herzog tem grandes documentários, "Homem-Urso" ou "Caverna dos sonhos esquecidos", e esse de vulcões me interessava. Bom, chegou o dia dele, quase oito anos depois de um clique colocá-lo na lista.

depois de ver: as imagens impressionam e as histórias de ciência e religião também. olhar para um vulcão é olhar pra dentro da gente mesmo.

[stephjacq]

Thinking about fissures and fountains ✨🌋✨

[brw]

My least favourite type of internet person is the person who claims fanfic is over thousands of years old or whatever. I understand we like to joke but fanfiction is fundamentally tied to fandom culture and is a very specific way of engaging with media. Religious texts based off other religious texts is not fanfiction and it is worrying the only way you can justify your interest is by comparing the two. I promise you you don't have to reinvent the wheel to write fanfic you can just do that but we don't have to say "Shakespeare wrote fanfiction about Richard III", there was not a Richard III fandom in 1592, that was called the divine right of kings.

[arsonistsfirefly]

:)

[dorianplatinum]

“Dear London, my London your bridge has now fallen. I’m in a reflection, inversion. They’re calling it by the same name as you but I don’t think it’s true. Demons walk freely in 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝” 𝓛𝓮𝓪𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓛𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓷 𝓯𝓽. Hello Amnesia

Watch the music video NOW to see me get progressively MORE wet 😂

Directed by Kyler Bathon. Shot by Nate Elbert. Assistant videographer and bts photography by Reece Lingat.

[creator-indy]

Would anybody be interested in what I’ve come up with for into the inferno ya know

the oc story I got with Dante and Virginia that’s set in purgatory?

It’s mostly got to do with how it all works

[anglerflsh]

"people didn't get canceled before these sjw" Dante put all the people he disliked in literal hell