#much like you wish to anon

[seyaryminamoto]

Any thoughts on the upcoming atla movie featuring the gaang in their adult years? I’m clinging to the idea that if I don’t like it, I can pretend it never happened and find solace in fanfiction, just as some people do regarding the comics and even LoK. But it’s not doing much to comfort me. I just wish they’d leave this characters and this universe alone and move on new things. But if you’re optimistic about it, please don’t let my skepticism ruin your excitement. It might be a good movie.

Oh, anon... me, optimistic about canon? There's a handful of franchises where I do trust the canon direction and where I do believe the authors/writers/showrunners/creators have a proper purpose in the content they're making. As active a fic writer as I may be, Avatar, I'm afraid, is not one of them.

This doesn't mean I believe the upcoming movie is guaranteed to suck... but it does mean that I'm hardly the most optimistic person when it comes to any post-ATLA content. To this day, I can't say I've been happy with anything they've created after the first show ended. I have a lot of gripes with ATLA's canon as it is, but as I find it so engaging and I think its potential is immense, I still can cherish the original show while acknowledging quite often that it's not perfect. Meanwhile... I can't really enjoy the comics. I enjoyed LOK Book 1 when I first watched it... the rest of the show soured the entire concept of the sequel series for me later. I haven't touched the novels because I'm afraid I won't like what's in there either, and I feel like me and the fandom will be better off if I don't read them because, if I find stuff there that sits ill with me, I'll probably criticize it for a long time and everyone who loved it will be upset at my criticism, while I'll just be upset at having things to criticize, and everyone will just be miserable...

Anyway. This movie, and Avatar Studios as a whole, have to achieve one thing in order for me to have even a smidge of hope for its future:

I need to know they have purpose and direction.

This is fundamentally what I've found lacking in everything that has followed the completion of ATLA. I really don't know what the purpose and direction of most post-canon content was, it felt like most of it didn't have any (and when they did have purpose, they didn't necessarily fulfill that purpose in a satisfactory way, either). If there's no purpose and direction? Then slice-of-life shenanigans would be perfect! Give me glimpses at how people live their lives after the war ended, simple plotlines that are character-centric and that allow those characters to have agency, to evolve as individuals and to make the most of a world where the war is finally over!

Without purpose and direction, there's no point to attempting to tell epic tales because they'll fall flat, especially when they're following up something that DID have purpose and direction, as in, the entirety of ATLA. Sometimes, stories feel complete because they are. When they're extended further just for the sake of making a bigger profit, the risk of breaking open that sense of completion means that what may have worked at first might stop working in the future. If you add too many pieces of machinery that just weren't part of the original design of a device, the once-smoothly-working device will get cluttered and eventually stop working: that's how it feels for me when I see stuff that gets extended without purpose and direction, be it in this fandom or any others.

I can't have blind hope for these movies. I won't have any real expectations from them until I actually understand what their purpose and direction will be. If that purpose and direction happens to be something like witnessing how our ATLA heroes built Republic City in the era of peace they've brought forward, and how they protect that peace from realistic and reasonable threats against it? (... as in, no spirit shenanigans, no exaggerated benders that retcon things that were established in canon, among other things that appear to be the bread and butter of post-ATLA storytelling) I'll be good with that. But if that purpose and direction is actually "let's make up a sudden, new, BIGGER threat than the Hundred Year War, a threat that was never referenced in LOK and that had no impact on the ATLA characters' story because there's no actual consequences to it in any of our other post-canon content, all be it so we can prioritize big, flashy and epic bending battles over story quality!" then... I don't need that in my life, simple as that.

In short, if I don't sense that there's purpose and direction, I'll just not watch the movies or anything Avatar Studios releases. Again, it will be for the best for the fandom and for myself if that's the case... because I think we all have more fun when I'm having fun too rather than just raging about canon's choices :'D feels like that should be the point of fandom after all...

So, I'm basically on the same boat as you. I don't really think they HAVE to stop producing content for the franchise, but I don't think I can genuinely enjoy what they do unless they actually commit to telling stories worth telling again. Evidently, I have no power over whatever they may do, neither do you, so they'll just do whatever they feel like doing... but if canon goes nowhere with these movies, I'll just wish them well and stick to what I love. It's what I'm participating in fandom for, to begin with.

[applestruda]

Small comic thingy in reference to one of the rambles that wonderful anon wrote about

[catastrxblues]

EVERMORE by taylor swift (feat. bon iver) — “and i was catching my breath, floors of a cabin creaking under my step. and i couldn’t be sure, i had a feeling so peculiar, this pain wouldn’t be forevermore.”

my #swiftiegiftexchange2024 for @lovesickallovermybed!!!! 🫶🏽🫶🏽

[buwheal]

I try so hard to be nice. Seeing spamton so distressed makes me feel awful. I wanna reach through his screen, give him a hug and tell him it’ll be okay. But I’m nothing but a letter to him. Words on a screen he can easily ignore.

I want him to be happy, I want to whisk away every single bad ask and wrap spamton up in a blanket and give him the warmth and love he deserves. I really, really wish I could.

I suppose for now sending this will do. Thank you for the amazing stories, bu ❤️‍🩹 you’ve genuinely broken my heart for this poor man, I cannot wait to see more

But he hasn't. He doesn't ignore what you guys say. He really really cares about what you say, in fact. Easily ignorable, but he is paying attention. Anyways, thanks :-)

[kanrix]

god you're so good at writing the interpersonal struggles of relationships between troubled and kind of shitty old men, i can't tell you how much of a refreshing breath of air reading your development/s and storylines for the characters you like are when all i see from other people is "oh they're so cute uwuwuwu" when like no there's more nuance and flavor to it than that!!!!!!!!!! god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wagh,, Thank you anon....

So far I haven't seen much of "that" but maybe that's because I've only been here one year, haha. Tho I guess I do tend to forget about a lot of the stuff I see since I always check the moral Orel tag when I'm barely awake.

[sorryimananti-romantic]

SAN

san.

san and his presence. san and the fierceness in his gaze, the emotions on his face when he expresses himself on stage. san and his princely outfits and manners. san and his sharp eyes that curve beautifully when he smiles. san and his smile that changes everything about him. san and his voice- the honey that drips from his voice that is music to our ears. san and his cute laugh. san and his hair! san and his damned abs btw (i miss his twink era ngl lmao). choi san. the performer. the artist.

also just san being the most photogenic person i've ever seen man literally exists and is automatically the most handsome person i've ever laid eyes on. truly beautiful, and i think everyone's first love :')

[wifegideonnav]

yous are way too dramatic about a damned website that isnt even dying anyway. if anything should be dead it should be me rip lol. besides we didnt even have these websites when i was a kid so maybe just post more so tumblr doesnt "die" then

also the boop thing is annoying and i turned it off anyway it should say stay the boop away from my blog lol

in the kindest way possible, why do you even have an account on here when it seems like you're not having a good time?

[aswaki]

hanbin and matthew together give “i brought my friend energy” like fwb matthew and he brings hanbin along to ur hookup but then gets so jealous seeing the way you fold for hanbin and has to compete with him and you end up wrecked <33333 (hope this isn’t weird, pls ignore if so, just had sum thoughts)

LISTEN anon i really like your thoughts so i birthed a 3.1k words of matthew x reader x hanbin smut 🙏🏼🙏🏼 i was thinking of what to write for a while since i didn't want to reply half-assed since i!!! liked!!! this one!!! then april fool's came along and whoops, i opened my laptop, blacked out, and bam, here's the fruit of our thoughts.

matthew would be a little immature in dealing with his jealousy making it a competition and seeing how far he can take you compared to hanbin. hanbin is dear to him, sure, but he is kind of possessive even when he tries so hard not to be (poor baby) (he just likes you a lot). everything hanbin does, he would follow after just to get your attention. in the bedroom, if hanbin would be eating you out, he would replace him asap as soon as hanbin's done (see— he was still polite. he could wait!) to the point of overstimulating you just so you can have a point of comparison between them— “can he do this?”. you'd have to tap out, touching his hair and patting his shoulder— “matthew, you did well, baby, but please stop”. your legs would be shaking and all. matthew would be seeing that and go 😮🥺😏.

though, i do think he would never out right admit to this jealousy— he just doesn't want you see him like that. he's a very loving & mature partner ok !—and also i do think it would only ever come out regarding certain people (aka hanbin).

[cerise-on-top]

Hiiii how are you?? Id like to request farah finds out reader is ticklish and uses it agenist them when reader is in a bad mood and being rude to everyone

(Sorry if this is really silly btw🫶🏻🫶🏻)

Hey! I'm doing well! Got a surge of motivation to write before therapy! This ask was just the right amount of silly actually! It was very fun to write!

Cheer Up Tickles with Farah

She’d likely find out when she wraps an arm around your waist and her fingers twitch a bit for a moment, making you react a little bit. Unfortunately, she’d pick up on that immediately, raise her eyebrow and give you a knowing smile. It’s a slightly cocky one as well, because she knows your weakness now, so if she ever felt like it, she could destroy you. Farah might poke you from time to time, but it usually won’t go farther than that. However, if you’re being especially grumpy for no reason whatsoever and you’re being rude to everyone, that might change.

At first she’d just poke your side, gauge your reaction. You can cuss her out all you want, she’s not going to let up just yet. It’s then that you can either cheer up and apologize to her, or feel her wrath and tickles. However, given your ask, you don’t cheer up, instead noticing, with horror in your eyes, that you messed up. Farah would wiggle her fingers at you before pouncing like a tiger that got its first prey in three days. Although she may go easy on you at first, letting you struggle so you feel as though you have a chance of getting away, there’s no way she’d just let you go like that. You can squirm all you want, you’re trapped underneath her since she’s a very strong fighter. You’re not going to escape her grasp, you’re going to get tickled and teased to oblivion and back. Once you’re calm, she’d start teasing you a bit before going in for the kill.

Farah wouldn’t even hesitate to be gentle in the beginning, she’s gonna get you good from the get go, straddling you and squeezing your sides. Try to throw her off all you want, you can’t. It’s fun to her if you struggle a bit as well, it makes it all the more challenging for her. While she may not know just yet where your weak spots are, she’ll find them quickly enough, staying in one spot for a few moments before switching to your armpits, for example. If you trap her fingers there she’s gonna have a field trip. No matter how much you’re laughing at that point, she’ll tease you about being less grumpy already and how you’re smiling like a goof. How adorable you are and how she should just tickle you more often when she has the time to do so.

Naturally, she’s a leader, so she needs to make sure all her loved ones are doing well, therefore she needs to check up on your ribs as well. Counts them, prods at them, vibrates her fingers between them to make sure you haven’t sustained any injuries. If you’re completely healthy, then she’ll say so, but she also needs to make sure your tummy is in good condition. Lifts up your shirt and starts scribbling away to make sure everything is in order. However, as time goes on, she’d grow a bit hungry and nibble at your sides and your ribs as well. Besides, while she may need to be sated, she also wants to share something delicious with you as well. So naturally, kind as she is, she gives you some raspberries.

However, once she notices your laughter having gone silent, or when there are a lot of tears streaming down your face, that’s when she’ll slow down a bit, before stopping entirely. Your dazed, cute face is just too adorable, though, so she’ll lean over to give you a kiss on your forehead and wipe away your tears with her thumb. Once she sees that you’ve been cheered up, she’ll get off of you, put your shirt over your tummy again and laugh a bit about how tired you seem all of a sudden. You weren’t this tired yet when you were cussing her out still. Pats your tummy one last time and helps you up, even if you don’t need her help. You seem out of it a bit, but not unhappy.

Farah doesn’t mind having tickle fights with you every once in a while. However, be warned, if you ever decide to tickle her first, then I can assure you that she’s going to get her revenge. Besides, she can hold her reactions in quite well. Much to your dismay, she’s also rather observant, so she’s going to figure out which spots make you scream fairly quickly. She’s always so serious anyway, so sometimes you just need to let loose and be a little goofy. Loves getting to be silly with you from time to time, even if it’s just through play fighting and tickling one another.

[doll-elvis]

Bear with me 'cause I'm feeling sad as fuck 'cause we had so many people talking about Elvis bith in good and bad faith but it hurts me deeply that we don't have a list of his top 100 movies/song and his top 10 favourite animals and shit like that.

I wanna KNOW the man, I wanna know what he liked besides burgers

I wanna know if he watched Young Frankenstein or Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and if he liked them!

I'm so sad I'm sorry

oh my gosh- please don’t feel sorry for sharing thoughts like these because I truly relate to it so much 😭 and it brings comfort to me to know that I’m not the only one who can get lost in my own head thinking about these things- I welcome any and all vents about elvis in my inbox & I hope this brings you some comfort like reading your ask did for me ♡

while im grateful that we know some of his favorite things/foods from girlfriends and friends (like the fact that he could finish a whole box of Eskimo pies because he loved them that much 🥹), I’m still not satisfied because I have about a hundred questions floating around my head at any given time that I wish I could ask Elvis

I want to know what he got at the candy counter whenever he saw movies at the Memphian, I wanna know all the movies that made him laugh or cry, and like you said I want an numerical list of his top favorite animals. I would be over the moon to know something like his go-to McDonald’s order or if he was a morning shower person or a night shower person… sigh

I’ll just never get tired of learning about him because everything I’ve come to learn, I’ve come to love

however I did recently discover something about Elvis that made me personally love him even more (which I didn’t think was possible at this point) and that is that he was a huge fan of horror novels- which just happens to be my favorite genre to read and so when I saw him holding the copies of two of my absolute favorite books of that genre, I practically screamed !!

look at his cute self holding his copy of the exorcist- could you imagine him all curled up in bed with his lil reading glasses on and his bedside lamp on, reading this? 😭

and look at him proudly showing off his copy of the omen (this one made me scream even more because I have the exact same copy that I got from my aunt who bought it when it was first published in 1976)

im also on the floor at the fact that when he got sent a copy of the omen by a fan for it to be signed he read it before sending it back 💀

knowing that he was such an avid reader is just one of my favorite things I’ve come to learn about him- I just know he would have been an active reviewer on goodreads 🤧

[itty-bitty-sunshine]

I know this is random but reading your blog and seeing your art made me so motivated I made my 1st animation ever (not counting pixel art ones), after not drawing digitally in months and it looks kinda basic and it isn't colored but I made it and I'm really happy with it so I guess what I'm trying to say is thank you for motivating me to make digital art again! I hope you have a wonderful day/night :)

MKJSJWJW HI!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TELLING ME THATS GREAT!!! Animatics need time and patience so the fact you went straight for it is so cool!!!! I bet it looks lovely!

Hope you have the greatest day/night too!

[klonoadoortophantomile]

can you draw the newbie alliance (bfb)

[luvsavos]

*Aiden Anon slams her fist down* i DEMAND you show me EVERY GIF you HAVE of him. (And Leader-kun if you have any)…PLEASE. And…yes, he…got so lost he didn’t know where the Third Fleet’s Research Base was. You know. The one floating in the S K Y

i do have gifs of ftl as well<3 he's very pretty (he looks like he's wearing eyeliner in some and it is VERY distracting) fair warning the gif quality is not the best bc Very Old Ps4 (derogatory) BUT i have Lots

also HDJAHDKFN YEAH.... i think he has like three separate lines asking the player for directions on how to get to it/where it is😭 aiden honey my darling beloved please just look up

ANYWAYS! a Selection of my favourite of the gifs (however many tumblr will let me upload)

[buwheal]

I'm sorry, Spamton. I know you won't believe me, but I'm sorry we hurt you.

[napping-sapphic]

Rate nap arrangements? I'll start:

Big spoon: excellent. I am grabbing you so tightly sorry. 10/10

Little spoon:👁👁 Someone Is Behind Me. Also, wtf do I do with my arms. kinda hurts my shitty shoulders. 3/10

Head on her chest: I am so comfy cozy :3 but also worried about crushing her. 9/10

Her head on my chest: yay comfy cozy have a kissy on the forehead also No Harm Shall Befall You. I Would Fight God To Allow You This Comfort Forever. Who said that. 100/10

What are your most notable/favorite ones and how do you rate them?

I feel like i’m about to disappoint yall so bad but to be completely honest my favorite way to nap is alone🙃😭

Most of these positions or just being trapped in any one position for too long in general would cause the devil himself to try and sneak into my bones and kill me via joint pain so it makes that kind of thing a little complicated😅

I also don’t like being touched unless i’m really very close to and comfortable with the person so i honestly haven’t done much pair napping and it usually ends up being the other person falling asleep on me while i just sorta stay awake🤷‍♀️ in those cases it’s usually:

8/10 mentally i appreciate so much that they trust me enough to do that

But also

2/10 physically oof ouch ow

Idk though will have to find more people capable of jumping my ridiculously high emotional hurdles to help me find better nap positions🤔

[capn-twitchery]

would you say you are more of a twitch or grace. or are they like both hemispheres of your brain

this is such a Loaded Question are you trying to psychoanalyse me, anon

i'm kidding but in Seriousness-i think it's impossible to make an oc who doesn't have at least a little bit of you in them!! (no matter how unfortunate that is sometimes) simultaneously they are both hemispheres of my brain and also so very different from me, somehow

they both get my love of the sea. twitch gets my terrible adhd, one track mind + total inability to Not know something once the question is in my brain

grace gets my complete lack of swag & nonexistent social skills. you're welcome grace😌